MTAG’s Moore St Sleep In Truck Protest was a great success this morning. Big thanks go out to Rod Quantock for his fabulous humour and generous time this morning. (Rod is performing at the Comedy Festival right now) Also thank you to the Snuff Puppets, Mayor of Maribyrnong Grant Miles, Scott Adams of Less
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Comedian Rod Quantock, who The Age calls “a living Melbourne treasure”, is to MC our Moore St ‘Sleep In’ Truck protest.Please come along, have a laugh and help this community achieve social justice by joining the call for a truck curfew. 670 trucks rumble down Moore Street every night. The trucks belong on freeways and
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Here’s a quick video from our action yesterday on Shepherds Bridge Footscray.Over 200 people were on the bridge adding to the pressure on the State Government to commit to building a truck bypass. VicRoads estimates that the bypass would remove approximately 1,000,000 trucks per year off our streets. More videos are here on MTAG’s YouTube
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Have you been wondering why MTAG has chosen to blockade Shepherd’s Bridge this Tuesday morning? Here’s why: Enough is Enough – Build the Truck Bypass Now Good for Truckies | Good for Industry | Good for Residents
The rescheduled Deliver Us From Diesel Truck Protest is on 19 March 8:00am We will be blocking Shepherd’s Bridge (where Footscray Rd crosses the Maribyrnong River) from 8:00 – 8:30am SHARP! We’re holding this protest to send a clear message to the Ballieu government that we need a Truck Bypass now because: • Diesel exhaust
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Media Release: Community Rally September 18th Yarraville Gardens Transport Workers Union joins with residents to call for Westgate Ramps truck route to be built In a major development in the battle to get trucks off residential streets in the inner west, the Transport Workers Union has joined with residents, local council, business groups and other
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