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Western Distributor Community Meeting
On June 16th Samantha McArthur and Martin Wurt of MTAG spoke at a Western Distributor community meeting along with Public Transport Not Traffic and Colleen Hartland, MP.It was a great night of discussion and debate around road infrastructure, public transport,...
Western Distributor Community Meeting
Greens MP Colleen Hartland is hosting Western Distributor, What Does it Mean For You, a community forum to discuss the proposed road.MTAG will be speaking, along with Colleen Hartland MP and Public Transport Not Traffic. The Labor Government, including Luke...
Transurban announces alternative proposal to the Andrews Government’s West Gate Distributor
Transurban announces proposal to build the Western Distributor Tollway. In a surprise announcement Transurban, toll road operator and owner of Citylink, has released a proposal to build a massive $5billion tollway to connect the West Gate Freeway with the City Link...
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre highlights cancer risk from trucks in the City of Maribyrnong
Australia’s leading cancer treatment, research and education institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, has highlighted diesel pollution and particularly truck numbers in the City of Maribyrnong as a major health concern in a government submission. The submission,...
National Clean Air Agreement – submission guide
WE NEED YOUR HELP - Please send a submission to the government demanding action for clean air! Right now, Australia’s Environment Ministers are developing a National Clean Air Agreement to set the priorities for national action on pollution for the next 5 years. ...
Don’t Hold Your Breath: Is the air you breathe killing you?
On Tuesday night, MTAG's Martin Wurt took to the stage at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, along with Professor Tim Flannery from The Climate Council, Ron Ipsen from Voices of the Valley and Nicola Rivers from Environmental Justice Australia to discuss air pollution in...
Free Public Talk – Don’t Hold Your Breath
MTAG’s Martin Wurt will be speaking alongside Professor Tim Flannery at 'Don’t Hold Your Breath', a panel discussion hosted by Environmental Justice Australia on air pollution in Australia. Martin will talk about the experience of living in a community impacted by...
New Curfews Begin!
Luke Donellan, Minister for Roads, Road Safety and Ports announced the start of the new Somerville Rd and Moore St curfews on Thursday morning and switched on the new signs. Also in attendance was Member for Williamstown Wade Noonan, Mayor Nam Quach, CEO of the VTA...
New Curfew Information
The new curfews for both Somerville Road and Moore Street will take effect on Thursday 29 January at 8am and 8pm respectively. Somerville Rd Trucks will no longer be allowed on Somerville Road during school crossing times, 8-9.30am and 2.30-4pm Monday to Friday...
Submissions on air quality standards now online.
Australia’s current air quality regulatory framework does not protect our health and this is particularly evident in air pollution hot spots such as Melbourne’s inner west. In October 2014 federal environment ministers put forward a proposal to update the...