News

We’re hosting a webinar at 7pm on Wednesday 16 October to explore the marine life of Western Port Bay — above and below the surface. You’ll learn about seagrass, dolphins and whales, about citizen science and marine life that generally make Western Port their home. If you’d like to learn more, we’d love to see you. Feel free to share these details around.

Please Register here.
See you Wednesday!

The Victorian government, through the Port of Hastings Corporation, is seeking to breathe new life into the wind farm proposal following the rejection of the plan in January by the federal Environment Minister. Read the MP News story here…
And there’s more more wind farm details and other info in our June newsletter here…

Save Westernport held its Annual General Meeting for the 2022/23 financial year on Saturday 20th of April at the beautiful Coolart Homestead, Somers. Read more… Photo – Outgoing Save Westernport president Candy Van Rood, incoming president Jane Carnegie, and featured speakers Laura Brearley and Jo Lane.

The Japanese Government is supporting an international consortium to use Victoria’s dirty brown coal to produce hydrogen for export. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project is a climate disaster without a business case or social licence. Westernport’s Port of Hastings is  a major part of the plan. Go here to read more and say NO!

Jane from Save Westernport explains why Japan’s Coal-to-Hydrogen proposal is bad news for Victoria, and for our Climate.

On December 18, 2023, the Federal Minister for the Environment, Tanya Plibersek made an extraordinary decision to block the Victorian Government proposal to use Hastings and Westernport Bay as the staging post for building the wind turbines for the State’s proposed offshore windfarms in Gippsland. The decision was made in accord with the Environmental Protection Biodiversity & Conservation (EPBC) Act. Read more…