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MTAG – Why A Bridge Blockade on Tuesday?
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
Radio National – Dangerous Diesel
Radio National's Background Briefing has just done a radio documentary on diesel exhaust and its health implications.The program starts in Yarraville covering the truck issue here in the inner west and then travels to Western Australia to look at diesel in our mining...
Community Protest – Deliver Us from Diesel – March 19
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...
West abandoned to truck torment
West abandoned to truck torment, an opinion piece in The Age October 10 2012 NOTHING better illustrates the western suburbs' second-class status than the feeble efforts to control truck traffic through their neighbourhoods.Over two decades of rising congestion, noise...
Truck Rolls onto Footpath on Moore Street
Last night I was walking home from work along Moore Street when I arrived only minutes after a container trucked rolled at the pedestrian crossing at Ballarat Road.The container truck carrying a 40 foot container rolled on its side landing on the footpath of Moore...
MTAG protest action outside Hilton Hotel
MTAG today protested outside the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne where CEDA, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, was holding a conference: Australia to the world: Growing national port infrastructure.MTAG's action was to highlight the impact that Melbourne...
World Health Organisation declares “diesel exhaust causes lung cancer”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that diesel exhaust causes lung cancer. Back in 1988 they had said that diesel exhaust was a "probable carcinogenic". In their new report they say: "The scientific evidence was compelling and the working group's...
EPA testing begins on Francis Street
After much lobbying and discussions with MTAG, the EPA commenced air quality testing on Francis Street in May 2012.The EPA has installed a mobile testing lab on Francis street on the corner of Fraser Street, close to the Yarraville Community Centre. Testing will take...
Yarraville pollution to be measured
According to Maribyrnong Weekly this week... THE health impacts of diesel smoke from the thousands of trucks passing through residential streets in Yarraville each day will be measured for the first time in a decade.Environment Protection Authority Victoria will soon...
7News VicRoads Bigger Trucks Trial
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