We are very pleased to announce that as of Monday 11th July Francis Street will get a school crossing time truck curfew! This is a huge win for Wembley Primary School children who will never again have to contend with thousands of semis and b-doubles on their commute to and from school every day. Not
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It’s not often we get a win and this one is a biggie. The Scoping Requirements for the Western Distributor Environmental Effects Statement have been released. The Scoping Requirements set out the matters to be investigated and documented in the EES. MTAG submitted to this process and we are pleased to see that many of
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On the 24th February MTAG presented to the Economy and Infrastructure Committee at the public hearing for the Inquiry into Infrastructure Projects. Appearing alongside MTAG were Concerned Locals of Yarraville and Friends of Stony Creek. This is the transcript of MTAG’s presentation: “MTAG welcomes this opportunity to speak today. We are a residents based lobby group
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MTAG have joined Concerned Locals of Yarraville, Friends of Stony Creek, Yarraville Community Centre and The Greens to launch a list of demands, calling on the government to put the community first when building the Western Distributor. Please add your voice to these demands by signing the petition below. The community is united – we want
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Victoria’s Health Minister, Jill Hennessy, was recently asked what the government would do about the City of Maribyrnong having the state’s highest rate of children’s hospital admissions for asthma. This was her answer. The City of Maribyrnong, being an inner city area, has absolutely no problem with access to both primary and secondary healthcare. In fact
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Well it’s been a busy year for MTAG! We had the introduction of the first new curfews for 10 years, the unexpected announcement of the Western Distributor proposal, the parliamentary inquiry into the proposed lease of the Port of Melbourne as well as a long campaign on new air pollution standards. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre highlighted diesel pollution in the City of Maribyrnong
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The Western Distributor has been given the go ahead. Road infrastructure to service Australia’s busiest port is a crucial element in solving the port truck traffic problem in Melbourne’s inner west, but: – We need those “extended curfews” to be 24 hour truck bans on all residential streets in the inner west. This is integral to
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The Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation has been released, a government report looking at health care rates around Australia. The report found that the City of Maribyrnong has Victoria’s highest rate of children’s asthma and related respiratory admissions to hospital at 171% of the national average! Once again it’s sadly been proven that children are paying the
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