by Andrew Kelly | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles
I am thrilled, nay delighted, to be uploading. This has been a longer haul than seemed necessary since we first mooted with the Yarra Riverkeepers that they follow on from their response to the first report, and then took it on ourselves from our own slim resources....
by Andrew Kelly | Sep 6, 2024 | Articles
Here is a distillation of an interview with Anthony Despotellis, the Yarra Riverkeeper polystyrene officer. The interview was conducted just before he headed overseas. Sources and solutions I first came on borard in March 2020 when I designed Nikki’s report...
by Andrew Kelly | Jul 15, 2024 | Submissions
‘By refusing to contemplate amendments of existing allocations and excluding the possibility of buybacks at the outset as foundational principles, the strategy cannot achieve its intended outcome. Traditional Owner water should be in addition to environmental...
by Andrew Kelly | Jul 15, 2024 | Submissions
‘The draft does not provide sufficient detail to assess the policy’s medium and long term impact. There is, for example, insufficient detail provided for how the minimum flows will be calculated. Public assets such as water flows need to incur a charge on a...
by Andrew Kelly | Jul 15, 2024 | Submissions
“The Chalumbin Wind Farm project establishes a damaging precedent by placing renewable energy projects in secondary and primary regrowth ecosystems. Renewable energy projects should not depend on the clearing of existing vegetation.”...
