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Moviment Graffitti strongly objects to Sannat mega development Magnate Joseph Portelli proposing massive 125-apartment block near Sannat cliff edge   The area highlighted for the proposed development Moviment Graffitti is  strongly objecting to the proposal for the construction of a block of 125 apartments just 300 metres from the cliff edge in Sannat, Gozo. The block, proposed by Gozitan construction magnate Joseph Portelli, lists known Portelli partners Mark Agius (Ta’ Dirjanu), Samuel Saliba and Joseph Vella as applicants for the blocks. In a statement, the organisation highlighted how...

Moviment Graffitti objects to Sannat mega development that has been split up into three separate planning applications to avoid EIA requirement

“This devious strategy to bypass the necessary studies should be put to an end,” said a spokesperson for Moviment Graffitti. “Developers are making separate applications while hiding behind the names of family members and other associates. This shows how the system itself is fundamentally flawed, undermining any potential for sound planning and resulting in gross planning injustice.” The development foresees the construction of swimming pools and decking on ODZ land, with the approval of these applications set to present the opportunity for further take-up of fresh land. This new inv...

It turns out you can live in South East Tasmania for well over a decade and have little to no idea about everyday life on the island's diagonally opposite corner. Up in the North West, people snack on something called savoury toast, refer to their ute as their bus, tawdry plough rhymes with the way they pronounce laundry trough. Down one particular road is this incredible waterfall, a welcoming old family-owned apiary, a haunting tiger tale and some curious car art. A small sign on the Bass Highway points south to Mawbanna. This is Tommeginne Country, the traditional homelands of one of the...

Five environment  NGOs on Tuesday expressesd alarm at the “aggressive, non-stop, and unsustainable development” taking place in Gozo. In a statement, eNGOs Moviment Graffitti, Ramblers Association and Wirt Għawdex echoed Gozitan mayors’ and residents’ alarm at the development applications on the sister island, which they said had almost doubled in four years, increasing from 787 in 2016 to 1,314 in 2020.  The applications had become “an unstoppable torrent”, threatening everything from open fields in Nadur to the skyscape around the Ġgantija Temples.   The number of apartme...