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31 December 2014

Not a great year for heritage advocates in Victoria – funding cuts to adviser services, a plan for Melbourne with no plan for heritage, vandalism a…

5 December 2014

What lessons should be learned from the recent dramas with Gough Whitlam’s birthplace and the Palace Theatre?

We recently asked the major politi…

21 November 2014

Following reports yesterday afternoon by Save the Palace, it emerged that part of the interior of the Palace Theatre was being stripped by a demoli…

7 November 2014

Following Dr Napthine’s formal visit to Governor Alex Chernov on Monday, the campaign for the election kicked off in earnest. Since then, politicia…

7 November 2014

Attention: Dr Graeme Blackman OAM
Chairman, National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

Dear Dr Blackman

Thank you for the opportunity to respond…

7 November 2014

On 28 August, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) issued a series of questions to the leaders of the major parties in the lead-up to the Nov…

23 October 2014

24 hours is a long time in politics, but the last 72 hours of decisions, statements, media releases, backflips and tweets on the fate of the birthp…

10 October 2014

The fight for the former Palace Theatre has taken a new turn following the recent decision by City of Melbourne Councillors to examine the heritage…

3 October 2014

Given the heritage study work that the City of Melbourne has undertaken in the last three years preparing heritage controls for hundreds more build…

3 October 2014

The Murtoa Stick Shed, classified by the National Trust in December 1990, has finally taken its rightful place on the National Heritage List. Click…