Mayday Hills permit upheld
The Heritage Council of Victoria have handed down their decision regarding the Mayday Hills permit appeal hearing held in April 2015.
The decisi…
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Heritage Act Review
The Heritage Act has remained fundamentally unchanged for nearly 20 years. Whilst there are some simple reforms of the Act that have been awaiting …
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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…
MOREMayday 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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