The Coastal Waterways and Wetlands Alliance has lodged our submission on the Victorian Government’s scoping paper for the new Western Region Sustainable Water Strategy. The submission complements and endorses the submission made by the Concerned Waterways Alliance,... The Coastal Waterways and Wetlands Alliance has lodged its submission on the draft Third Victorian Waterway Management Strategy, Sustaining Living Waterways. The submission focuses on Victoria’s coastal, estuarine and Ramsar-listed wetlands, including the Gippsland... This Google Earth presentation by the Concerned Waterways Alliance examines the Latrobe River and the Gippsland Lakes as a single, connected ecological system, shaped by decisions made across the entire catchment from alpine headwaters to the coastal entrance. The... Over three decades Victoria built a model of independent coastal oversight. The Coastal Management Act 1995 created the Victorian Coastal Council and Regional Coastal Boards, backed by five-yearly Coastal Strategies and local Coastal Action Plans. Those structures... On 20 November 2025, the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability released the State of the Marine and Coastal Environment (SMCE) Scientific Assessments 2024—a major update on the condition of Victoria’s coastal and marine ecosystems. For those of us in the... 