The Coalition’s approach

When in government, the Coalition provided assistance to have the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list and the Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay approved for listing as Victoria’s 12th Ramsar site.

The Coalition has also provided support for hundreds of environmentally sustainable projects right across the electorate such as:

• the restoration of the Grange Burn and the Glenelg River in Hamilton;
• the enhancement of estuaries in the Portland Basin;
• the restoration of fisheries habitats in rivers in and around Warrnambool;
• the enhancement of prospects for the recovery of the Eastern Quoll in South-West Victoria;
• and the management of habitats of threatened woodland fauna in Western Victoria

The Coalition opposes offshore wind developments near Warrnambool and Port Fairy and other inappropriate renewable energy developments. We also support protecting prime agricultural land in places like Simpson from unfair competition from net zero forestry plantation policies.

We are committed to ensuring that decisions about our environment balance conservation and development with the long-term prosperity, liveability and resilience of regional communities.