Transport Minister King approves Melbourne Airport Master Plan on 14 November 2022 “[A]pproval does not indicate an approval of the future Major Development Plan for the proposed third runway, which is a separate process subject to assessment on its own merits” from her media release

By Greg Foyster, Campaigns Manager Environment Victoria _________________________ Environment Victoria have several concerns about the total climate change impact of this third runway being downplayed in both the marketing material and the technical document itself. The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from building a third runway will be increased air traffic. […]

(Media release) 3 February 2022 Flight Free Australia warns that the proposed new runway at Melbourne Airport will enable even more global warming each year than Australia’s dirtiest power station, AGL’s Loy Yang.  Compared with over 18 million tonnes CO2-e from AGL Energy Limited’s Loy Yang, total annual warming from […]

Herald-Sun Op-ed 2 February 2022 • Hannah Robertson, Melbourne Airport Community Action Group. We are not anti-aviation. We recognise and value the cultural and economic benefits that flow from the aviation sector. However, we believe Victorians deserve a responsible aviation sector that delivers on the claims it makes to communities. […]