Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

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Register of Major Campaigns

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1970-79

1980-89

1990-99

2000-09

2010-19

NO.	CAMPAIGN	PLACE	YEARS	FAILURE	PART SUCCESS	MAJOR SUCCESS
1	Removal of foreshore vegetation above Black Rock Point for a car park	Black Rock	1970			MAJOR
2	Undersea 600 mm diameter oil pipeline	Brighton to Williamstown	1970			MAJOR
3	Municipal dumping of broken concrete slabs over beach at Black Rock Point	Black Rock	1971		PART
4	Municipal rubbish tip in foreshore gully, Harold Street, Sandringham	Sandringham	1971			MAJOR
5	Undersea ethane pipeline	Mordialloc to Altona	1972	FAILURE
6	1000 megawatt Newport Power Station	Newport	1972		PART
7	Werribee rock seawall & transfer of Coastal Works from Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works to Public Works Department	Werribee	1973			MAJOR
8	Restaurant bid on Point Ormond knoll [Averted by the St. Kilda (Ormond Restaurant) Land Act 1973, which repealed Section 5 of the St Kilda Land Act 1965]	St. Kilda	1973			MAJOR
9	Sorrento marina	Sorrento	1973, 1983, 1987			MAJOR
10	Conversion of two Beach Road lanes to parking and a bicycle road	Port Melbourne -Mordialloc	1974			NOT YET
11	Reshaping of Mordialloc Creek by Dandenong Valley Authority	Mordialloc-Aspendale	1977		PART
12	Proposed petrochemical plant at Point Wilson	Point Wilson	1978			MAJOR
13	Conservationist representation on the Port Phillip Authority	Port Phillip	1980			MAJOR
14	Proposed boulder wall at Quiet Corner, Black Rock	Black Rock	1982			MAJOR
15	Boulder groyne at Park Street, Brighton	Brighton	1982	FAILURE
16	Proposed Army airstrip at Swan Island	Queenscliff	1983			MAJOR
17	Mornington Harbour restaurant proposal	Mornington	1983			MAJOR
18	Hovercraft terminals around Port Phillip	Frankston, Mornington, Rosebud	1983		PART
19	Averting lease facilitation amendments to Crown Lands (Reserves) Act	Port Phillip	1984			MAJOR
20	Height limits for buildings around Port Phillip	Port Phillip	1985		PART
21	60% increase in Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron bay fill, and bay filling for nearby Keefer's Boatshed area	Beaumaris	1985		PART
22	Marina in addition to existing existing St. Kilda marina	St. Kilda	1987			MAJOR
23	Proposed rebuilding of Keefer's Boatshed in front of Beaumaris Cliff	Beaumaris	1988			MAJOR
24	Participation in reservation of Green's Bush	Southern Mornington Peninsula	1988			MAJOR
25	Williamstown Rifle Range marina proposal	Williamstown	1988			MAJOR
26	National Estate Registration of Edithvale-Chelsea-Seaford Wetlands ID 5824	Edithvale, Chelsea, Seaford	1990			MAJOR
27	Mornington Harbour marina proposal	Mornington	1991			MAJOR
28	Chemical storage complex proposed for Point Wilson	Point Wilson	1993			MAJOR
29	Substituting open pile for solid fill design: Point Wilson Naval Pier	Point Wilson	1996			MAJOR
30	Chemical storage complex proposed for Point Lillias	Avalon	1997			MAJOR
31	Marina and bay filling proposed by Frankston City Council at Olivers Hill	Frankston	1998			NOT YET
32	Removal of large Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata) and part of sand dune at St Johns Wood Road	Blairgowrie	1999		PART
33	"Tea House" proposed on Foreshore Reserve near Linacre Road	Hampton	2000			MAJOR
34	Objections to reconstruction of unsustainable 'Bathing Boxes' destroyed by storm	Mt Martha North	2000	FAILURE
35	Huge excavation for large shoreline car park at Mid-Brighton Baths and large scale of Baths redevelopment	Mid-Brighton	2000	FAILURE
36	Restitution of Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary in Bill for Marine Parks and Sanctuaries	Beaumaris	2001			MAJOR
37	Proposal by Port of Melbourne Corporation to substantially deepen all the main Port Phillip shipping channels & The Rip	Port Phillip	2001	FAILURE
38	Appeal to Planning Tribunal (VCAT) to disallow Mornington Peninsula Shire's permit to build a 0.1 ha concrete skateboard on Rye Foreshore Reserve	Rye	2003			MAJOR
39	Appeal to VCAT to disallow Mornington Shire Council's approval of dumping spoil from the 'Martha Cove' excavations on rural land	Dromana	2006	FAILURE
40	Appeal to VCAT to disallow Mornington Shire Council's permit to build a Skate Park on Rosebud Foreshore Reserve	Rosebud	2006	FAILURE
41	Appeal to VCAT to disallow Frankston Council's permit to build a Life Saving Club and cafe on the Seaford Foreshore Reserve	Seaford	2006		PART
42	Mornington Peninsula Shire's permit for subdivision of the former Ansett coastal land at Mt Eliza	Mt Eliza	2007		PART
43	Submission against proposed full year camping at Capel Sound foreshore	West Rosebud	2008			NOT YET
44	Opposing Frankston Council's Appeal to VCAT to remove its earlier prohibition of a grease trap, as that would let the cafe expand to a restaurant, negating the partial success of Campaign No. 41.	Seaford	2009	FAILURE
45	Opposing application (subsequently withdrawn) to Mornington Peninsula Shire for two helipads near the Tootgarook Wetlands	West Rosebud	2010			MAJOR
46	Mornington Peninsula Shire asked to reject 2-storey foreshore structure Dromana Bay Life Saving Club seeks	Dromana	2010	FAILURE

WHAT'S NEW

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INDEX

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ISSUES

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POLICIES

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RECORDS

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PHOTOS

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MEMBERSHIP

1970-79

1980-89

1990-99

2000-09

2010-19

This page was last updated on 2011-10-30. Campaigns shown in green are still unresolved at that date.