by admin | Oct 1, 2010 | Events, Features, Media Centre, News
“Scrap the Desal” Rally on the steps of Parliament Midday on Wednesday 6th October We have had a amazing few weeks with the Brumby Government under intense scrutiny over the financing of the desal fiasco. This is a crucial time, coming up to the state...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Events, Uncategorized
Last season 42 separate whales were sited within 10 kilometres of the desal site (stat decs and photos confirm this). The Government’s EES said there were virtually no whales in the area and it was not significant habitat (the EES said only a couple of whales...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Events, Uncategorized
It has been about nine months now since the consortium building the desalination plant last met with the community to give any details of what they plan to build. This is a very unsatisfactory situation. The government have set up a community liason committee that...
by admin | Mar 23, 2010 | Events, Features
Watershed contributed a float for the street parade celebrating Wonthaggi’s 100th birthday. We secured an honourable mention from the judges for our efforts and we think the miners of old would appreciated our efforts to stand up against Government arrogance and...
by admin | Aug 24, 2009 | Events, Features, News
HELP US ONGOING ACTIVE MONITORING OF DESAL SITE: As our campaign is strongly motivated by our love for the Bass Coast, we plan to actively pursue compliance with the Environmental Effects Study (EES) as well as acting on the social and traffic impacts of the project...