'The Mount Macedon snow gum populations represent the highest altitude stands within the shire & are documented to be among the largest occurring outside eastern Victoria & the Alpine regions'.
Parks VIC destroyed a section of this forest last week.
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A recent media segment has put forward a number of misleading claims about our sector, particularly around battery supply chains and clean energy technologies.
This analysis from Renew Economy takes a closer look at those claims and highlights where key context has been missed.
Our report on the 2nd snow gum summit, held in Jindabyne last month, is now finished.
I feel very proud that we hosted this important event.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/recap_snowgu...
This is an opportunity for bold generational reform, not tinkering around the edges.
Momentum is growing for significant tax reform in the May budget.
Dozens of groups are today calling for a tax on gas exports of at least 25% - a move that would raise $17 billion each year.
Community rally tomorrow at Mt Macedon summit from 10am.
We heard they are cutting the snow gums on Mt Macedon & anyone going onto the site will be arrested. Was feeling forlorn. Got a fire call up in the pine plantation. Working with good folks & being focused on driving the tanker on dirt tracks weirdly helped with my mood. Back to the mountain tomorrow
Good work Australia. We didn't help him in his stupid war. But now the world's biggest manbaby will have to hurt us in some way.
File away for the next time some anti goes on about fires and wind turbines ....
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
day 2 of community protest on mt Macedon to stop the destruction of precious snow gum forest.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...
Community members have stopped the work on clearing of snow gums on Mt Macedon this morning.
The VIC Gov has approved destruction of rare snow gums on the summit of Mt Macedon so people can get a view of Melbourne.
Take action here and help to #SaveMacedonSnowGums
www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...
Opposition leader Angus Taylor is speaking at the National Press Club today - seems like he is bringing his dog whistle. Following the Trump play book is willfully bad politics, but here we are.
They have just started to destroy Snow Gums on Mt Macedon in order to “restore” historic views of Melbourne from the Memorial Cross on the top of the mountain.
Only 21ha of Montane Grassy Woodland remains in central & western VIC!
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Orban's crushing defeat is a huge loss for Australia's authoritarian right. His fans here include Abbott, Downer, Kevin Andrews, Brian Loughnane (former Liberal party national director) and Greg Sheridan, along with less prominent but highly influential figures
Good work Hungary!
'Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán — a powerful far-right figure allied with US President Donald Trump — has conceded defeat in the country's election.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Our updated report on community attitudes about who should pay for the damage caused by more frequent & intense wild fire.
The 'who should pay' survey > www.melbournefoe.org.au/reports
'They are part of a growing community of people who travel abroad & return the very same day. She says she is teaching her son to value "real experiences"
Sounds like encouraging extreme selfishness while cooking the planet to me.
Exclusive: Nine has told its editorial staff — which includes The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review — that their use of AI must improve and that usage will be monitored.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/09/n...
Israel is doing everything it can to destroy hopes for peace as it launches a criminal wave of bombings on Lebanon overnight. They have killed more than 250 people and injured over 1,000 more. Global sanctions, global action, is needed, now.
Rinehart cannot understand a world where the worst people are held account for their monstrous actions www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tell your MP that Canada should not be supporting The Trump administration through this: Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THE POPE: “I hope Trump is looking for an off-ramp. I hope he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence, the bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's increasing constantly.” (H/T @headquartersnews.bsky.social )
That great old tree at Lake Will. Love it.
The Pencil Pine dates from the time of the Gondwana super continent. The species is deeply threatened by the climate change driven fires of the 21st century. They are also a very cool tree.
themountainjournal.com/2026/04/01/t...
If you know me, you would know that its fairly unlikely that I would collude with a foreign company to force a bad renewables project into a world heritage area of rainforest in Queensland.
But in the parallel world of the Australian 'newspaper', apparently I did.
www.foe.org.au/false_claims
Oh thats so good. I love it when people find the magazine in a mountain hut.
A quick look at the Canning Peak fire, which burnt a significant part of the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair national park last summer.
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Please add your views here - a larger data set gives a more compelling story >
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We asked people about their experiences of this summer's fires in VIC & who should pay for disasters & cleanup.
Overwhelming support for a levy on fossil fuel exports.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/who_should_p...
'A majority of the committee — including Greens chair Peter Whish-Wilson, the two Labor senators, independent David Pocock and Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan — used their additional comments to make clear that the main report does not go far enough.'
