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Heritage Law in Victoria 101
This morning, Planning Minister Richard Wynne announced the long-anticipated review of the Victorian Heritage Act 1995: http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au…
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Frogmore: soon to be no more
Last night, six of the City of Glen Eira’s nine councillors were present to vote on a motion to abandon Planning Scheme Amendment C137, which propo…
MORETrees in the urban battleground
Dr Greg Moore on trees in the urban battleground, at the recent forum held by the Australian Garden History Society titled ‘Trees – Natural and Cul…
MORE#savethepalace VCAT matter encore
As reported in the Age, the VCAT hearing which originally went for three days in March will now have to be reconstituted because of the oversight b…
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Mayday Hills subdivision saga
The heritage permit process is important for the future of Mayday Hills because the permit conditions are set only once for a subdivision, and ther…
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TrustTalk on First Aid and Triage for Significant Trees at the Royal Botanical Gardens
The National Trust’s TrustTalks series switched focus to natural heritage on 16 March with a lecture on the management of significant trees by the …
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Palace Theatre VCAT Hearing
The Palace Theatre VCAT matter has now concluded following three very full days of hearings before VCAT’s most senior member, Deputy President Hele…
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Sunbury Rings Cultural Landscape
Sunbury Rings (Jacksons Creek) Cultural Landscape workshop, March 2015
On 13 March 2015 the Trust’s Advocacy & Conservation team and our facili…
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Bourke Hill/Parliamentary Precinct heritage & height controls
In 2014 the former Minister for Planning Matthew Guy proposed mandatory height controls for some of the Bourke Hill/Parliamentary precinct and his …
MORECit of Melbourne – overshadowing and height controls
On 10 February 2015 Cnr. Cathy Oke successfully moved a motion at the City of Melbourne Future Melbourne Committee for commencement of a full revie…
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