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Anti-gas protesters fear Western Port wipeout WITH the state government expected to soon announce its decision on AGL’s planned gas import terminal at Crib Point, protesters have been staging a series of demonstrations against the plan. Last week rallies were held near where the gas terminal will be built if given the go ahead, below, as well as outside Parliament House, in Spring Street, Melbourne. Pictures: Julian Meehan DRESS codes and parliamentary protocols were wiped out last Wednesday when a wave of demonstrators took their complaints about AGL’s plan for an import gas terminal at...

Peninsula towns suffer ‘housing stress’ SIX areas on the Mornington Peninsula suffer housing stress 33 per cent higher than the national average. They are Bittern/Crib Point, Dromana/Safety Beach, Hastings, Rosebud and surrounding district, Rye/Tootgarook/St Andrews Beach and Portsea/Sorrento/Blairgowrie. A household under stress is defined as being one that spends more than 30 per cent of its gross income on rent or housing costs. Data from the latest census (2016) shows the peninsula has the sixth highest number of rough sleepers of Victoria’s 79 municipalities. Their plight is compou...

11 March 2021 Environment groups opposed to the construction of a gas import terminal in Westernport Bay in Victoria say the new facility will not be needed because of expected cuts in gas use driven by the state government’s energy efficiency stimulus measures. AGL Energy is progressing plans to construct the Crib Point Jetty gas import terminal, which has received strong opposition from environmental groups, in an effort to boost supplies into Victoria ahead of predicted gas supply shortfalls. However, new analysis published by Environment Victoria suggests that much of the predicted supp...

Groups opposed to a controversial floating gas terminal near an internationally-recognised wetland in Western Port are vowing to fight on even if the Victorian government approves the project.

Mornington Peninsula News Group