Trust Advocate | A blog by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

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23 April 2018

Following pressure from a number of community objectors, Bayside Councillors have voted unanimously to abandon a proposed mid-century heritage stud…

22 April 2018

In April, the National Trust made a submission to Heritage Victoria regarding a proposal by the City of Bayside to stabilise the National Heritage …

11 April 2018

In late March the City Development Special Committee of the Maribrynong City Council considered an agenda item regarding the implementation of a Si…

11 April 2018

The National Trust has objected to a recent Permit Application by VicTrack for part demolition, conservation, and security related works at the Wes…

6 April 2018

We were greatly saddened yesterday to hear of the demolition of a historical Epsom Primary School building. The reasoning behind the buildings demo…

28 March 2018

On 28 March, Heritage Victoria formally issued a refusal of a permit application by the City of Melbourne for works including the dismantling, rest…

23 March 2018

To celebrate National Eucalypt Day we have dived into our archives to find some interesting stories and rare species of Eucalyptus on our Significa…

11 March 2018

We recently made a submission regarding the Macedon Ranges Localised Planning Statement. Localised Planning Statements (LPS) are State Government p…

20 February 2018

In response to the government’s plans to demolish the Yarra Building at Federation Square for the development of a flagship retail store, the Natio…

20 February 2018

On 16 October, the State Government released the Reforming the Victoria Planning Provisions discussion paper for consultation as part of the Smart …