Tag: Western Region Environment Centre
Council’s secret tip land grab
Wyndham council has purchased a 2.5 hectare property near the Wests Road tip in Werribee, but has refused to say how much it spent.
The...
Tip scrap a costly battle
The failed fight to stop the Werribee tip expansion has cost ratepayers nearly half a million dollars.
Wyndham council city operations director Stephen Thorpe said...
Tip plan gets green light
A decision to approve the Werribee tip expansion has been described as “seriously flawed” by its opponents.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month...
Council wants action on tip row
Wyndham council has called on the state government to intervene in a legal battle over the Werribee tip expansion, saying the matter could escalate...
Tip fight to cost millions
The Werribee tip will be at capacity by November this year and the council will have to turn away $13.6 million in commercial contracts...
Werribee tip fight heads to the courts
The fight to stop the expansion of Werribee tip will reach court in May, after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) dismissed a...
Seeds sown for new green plan
Going green: Wyndham council is branching out in a new direction, with a proposal to give a free tree to new residents who move...
Group moves to block tip works
The Western Region Environment Centre is worried about the operation of proposed new “cells” at the Werribee and Ravenhall tips.
Centre spokesman Harry van Moorst...
Calls to make a new station at Tarneit West a priority
One week after Tarneit train station was named the busiest along the Regional Rail Link Wyndham council has called on the state government to...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
