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Additionally, the Assembly launched a new campaign called Our West Listens, which will aim to interview 1,000 residents across the western suburbs by April next year.

Environment Victoria Senior Community Organiser Angela Ashley Chew shared, the people of Melbourne's West understand the pressures facing their communities and they are already doing extraordinary work to respond.

Chew continued saying that the night was about bringing that leadership together, listening across our differences and building the relationships and collective power to shape the future of the West.

These have been the news headlines for Tuesday, 22nd of September, 2026.

And you mentioned, Shannon, there's quite a few organisations coming together for this campaign.

Yeah, would you be able to explain which organisations are part of the campaign?

Yeah, we've got ourselves from the Victorian National Parks Association, we've got the Wilderness Society, Environment Victoria, the Victorian Forest Alliance, and we've got a whole bunch of other groups which have signed on to support And there's also a call out if you're listening to this and you are liking what you're hearing, you're really passionate about nature, you really want to have a voice and speak out on the website, there's an opportunity to join with us.

And, yeah, you'll see that on the website too.

Not all of them, but a lot of them.

And the supporters of using carbon credit revenue to create and manage the park include Environment Groups WWF Australia, the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, the National Parks Association of New South Wales, Environment Victoria, North East Forest Alliance, South East Forest Alliance and the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation.

Other supporters include well-known ecologists, including Tim Flannery, Professor David Lindenmeier and Professor Hugh Possingham, and their big names in various nature science fields.

And the rules to make sure the carbon credits that the New South Wales government will earn by not logging in the park are very tough.

Further, Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University are encouraging countries to bring up the issue of regulating the material at the next UN General Assembly disarmament meeting, which will run for one month in New York in October 2026.

New research commissioned by Environment Victoria reveals the cost posed by the Coalition and One Nation's proposed energy policy.

In their Victorian election platform, both One Nation and the Coalition are planning to cancel the VNI West and WRL transmission lines.

These projects are designed to connect wind, solar and storage to the energy grid.

Beyond increased cost delays or cancellation of these projects would also impact the reliability of Victoria's electrical system, risking more blackouts and more reliance on the state's declining gas reserves.

This is in the context of Gippsland's Yallourn Power Station's impending closure in 2028, and currently this power station delivers a fifth of the state's electricity.

Environment Victoria CEO Jono Lenors commented, Victoria has already the cheapest power in the country because of renewable energy.

The risk to Victorians is that the next government abandons these projects designed to deliver cheaper, cleaner energy to our homes and businesses, just as they're starting to pay off.