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Planning Panel disagrees with Glen Eira Council’s decision to abandon heritage protection
Featured image: St John’s Bentleigh Anglican Church (Source: St John’s Bentleigh Anglican Church)
An independent Planning Panel has strongly rec…
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National Trust strongly objects to proposed demolition of Sunshine Technical School
The National Trust has written to the Hon. James Merlino MP, Minister for Education, requesting his urgent intervention in the proposed demolition …
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ADVOCACY WIN: Victorian Parliament votes to strengthen local heritage protections to combat illegal demolition and demolition by neglect
Featured image: Donaldytong
Following debate in both houses of Parliament, MPs have given the green light to changes to the Planning & Environme…
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National Trust welcomes landmark report on local heritage protection
In December, The Heritage Council of Victoria released the findings of a landmark review of local heritage protection in Victoria. The State of Her…
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National Trust welcomes new laws to strengthen heritage protection
Feature image: Corkman Irish Pub, Carlton, unlawfully demolished in 2016.
Today the state government introduced tough new laws into the Parliam…
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Bayside Council votes ‘yes’ to proceed with heritage study
Image: 451 Beach Road by Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell, photo by Derek Swalwell.
Following an intervention by the Planning Minister, Richard Wynn…
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Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour faces more threats
Image: Erena Norris
The National Trust has called on the Minister for Planning to halt an application by Maddingley Brown Coal to transport cont…
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National Trust makes submission to Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce
The Victorian government has established the Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce, “to help keep the state’s building and development industry ru…
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Bayside City Council seeks interim heritage overlay for Esme Johnston House
In early October, the City of Bayside applied to the Planning Minister for an interim heritage overlay for the Esme Johnston House in Brighton, whi…
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Corkman Irish Pub developers win appeal to reduce fines
In February 2019, property developers Raman Shaqiri and Stefce Kutlesovski were fined almost $2m after pleading guilty to demolishing the Corkman I…
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