Melbourne deepening / dredging of shipping channel

controversial Victoria, Australian Port Phillip Bay project

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News & Politics

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• port
• melbourne
• shipping
• channel
• dredging

[jessgrace1305]

Does anyone know the date that this was aired? I have do to a speech for year 12 English, where I have to "support" the PPB dredging. If anyone has additional information it would be much appreciated. Thanks

[jaymes61]

Jess, it's been around for well over a year. I don't think it appeared on any TV news. Instead, it was probably more of a propoganda / PR short doco for one of the green groups. Treat it as comment / background and it should be okay, but if you're a VCE student hoping to find something published after September 09, this is outside the time-frame. Good background though, as I said.

Jim

[jessgrace1305]

Thanks, that helped a lot. I just thought it may have been aired because of the little "ABC" logo on the bottom right. Yeah, my character is someone from the government giving a speech to convice the audience that it should go ahead - obviously my classmates will understand that this is meant to be set before the dredging actually happened

[jaymes61]

Hold it, Jess! My apologies. I'm thinking of the "desalination" video I put up on the Echo site. The one we're talking about is, indeed an ABC news segment. Unsure what date. I'll check and get back in a minute or so. Sorry. I think it's Alzheimer's at last!

[jaymes61]

I meant, of course, September 08

[hazelbank2007]

I love mornington and the bay and I hope some one sinks that ugly looking dredger

Go away brumby and stick ur nose somewere else

[m00gercake]

Huh??? people support this dredging ???

[sarcasm] wellwhy don't we dredge great barrier, as it has less marine diversity than PPB[/sarcasm]

morons... no doubt the same morons supporting this that think Terror is real.

Asswipes... I hope your ass bleeds onto Andrew Bolt you wankers.

-m00g

[Wallabytrack]

This will come back and bite us in the arse.I can remember when there used to be fish in port phillip bay,a sugar bag full of mussels and perriwinkles on a sunday for tea that night. I can also remember where the toxic chemicals were dumped along willy road on the city side,the toxic ponds with paint,printers inks,oil and all manner of garbage,

The Vic market used to dump the glut of fruit down there to keep the prices high,I remember alright I remember lots of things,and it is all leeching out!

[Peacima]

I can't believe they are actually doing this dredging! I can't believe it! It poses so many risks towards the health and well-being of all our bay's marine life! (._.)

[officejet09]

everything we buy is from ships that can already get through our channels, and its been fine. ur a fuckhead for saying that, u obviously hav no life and hav never swam in the bay b4

[warlec]

Fuck off and root a tree you hippies dredge the fucking bay if all you people dont want it dredged then best you leave the city and go and become self sufficient cause everything you idiots buy is from these ships

[Andrewkafp]

Used to live in Melbourne... Too much of a dictatorship these days... high stamp duty.. pay for boat launch.. pay for fishing licence.. pay for doing 4km over the speed limit...Dredge the only decent place that anglers can fish.. Here in Queensland.. everything is fairer (ATM) and Hope it stays that way at til I die.