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Town & Country Planning Association, Victorian National Parks Association, Australian Conservation Foundation, Envirnoment Victoria, National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Victorian Local Governance Association, Wilderness Society

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The First Rally

Protest Meeting at the Carlton Gardens

2:00pm, Sunday 23rd February

From Wilsons Promontory to Royal Park, fromthe Nobbies to the Carlton Gardens, from Port Campbell to Albert Park, the assaults upon our parks are building up to a crescendo of alienation, degradation and commercialisation. The State Government of Victoria has formed Parks Victoria as a single organisation which can be expected to continue these assaults in both rural and metropolitan Victoria. Only a coordinated response will have any effect.

This page is a bit of a mixture of the original page advertising the rally and some snapshots of the event.

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Speakers

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Chair Angela Munro Councillor, Australian Conservation Foundation

Miles Lewis President, Town and Country Planning Association "The demise of planning and the public interest"

Doug Humann Director, Victorian National Parks Association "National parks - commercial asset or public heritage"

Sandra Hart Parks Coalition "A fair deal for parklands: who uses them and who pays"

Susan Davies Member-Elect for Gippsland West "The parks interest and the future of Victorian politics"

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Public Forum

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Embassies

Defend our Heritage Save Albert Park ARRO (Anti Ring Road Organisation) Brunswick Tree Group Carlton Residents Association Concerned Residents of East Gippsand Eltham Gateway Action Group Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs Friends of Herring Island Friends of Point Lillias Friends of the Earth Geelong Environment Council Koonung-Mullum Forestway Association Melbourne-South Yarra Group

Mt Evelyn Envirnoment Protection and Progress Association Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League Nobbies Action Group Phillip Island Conservation Society Richmond Action Coalition on Freeways Royal Park Protection Group Save Princes Park Seaford Beach for People Association South Gipsland Conservation Group Upper Yarra and Dandenongs Environmental Council Yarra Bend Protection Group

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Contact:

• Dr Sandra Hart (TCPA) ph 9419 7144, fax 9419 0898
• Mr Doug Humann (VNPA) ph 9650 8296, fax 9654 6843
• Mr Anthony van der Craats (DOH) ph/fax 9419 8791