On 27 February 2020, in the New South Wales Parliament Upper House, Greens MP David Shoebridge moved an order for papers concerning the business cases on the proposal for a cruise ship terminal at Yarra Bay or Molineux Point. The motion was put and passed.   Watch and listen to David Shoebridge’s speech to his … More Community and taxpayers may learn about mega cruise ship terminal plans

Please join us on Sunday 15 March from 11:30 at Yarra Bay for an on-water and beach protest against the NSW Government’s proposal to build a mega cruise ship terminal at a highly dangerous and environmentally destructive location in Yarra Bay. The Final Business Case for the proposal will be completed mid-year and a decision … More Yarra Bay water and beach protest – 15 March

Mark, our amazing graphic designer, has made his superb posters available for you to download from our website. Just click on the images you want, download them and print as many copies as you have room to display.

The breadth and depth of the coalition that has formed to defend Yarra Bay (and Botany Bay) was on display at the Save Yarra Bay Community Forum, Sunday 17 November at Yarra Bay Sailing Club. Thoughout the forum chaired by Hon. Michael Daley MLA, the huge crowd heard informative, passionate and inspiring speeches from: Barbara … More Coalition defending Yarra Bay and Botany Bay consolidates

Bayside Councillor Christina Curry spoke forcefully at the Save Yarra Bay Community Forum on Sunday 17 November – click here to listen. Christina Curry’s speech follows her work last week when Bayside Council, at its Ordinary Meeting on Wednesday 13 November 2019 passed the following resolution on the motion of Christina and fellow Labor Councillor … More Bayside Council adds its weight to Save Yarra Bay Coalition

Due to technical problems, we were unable to show John Turnbull’s superb photos of Botany Bay’s remarkable marine life during his presentation at the Save Yarra Bay Community Forum on Sunday 17 November. John has kindly made his presentation available for publication – click here to view it. John Turnbull holds a Masters degree in … More Environmental presentation at Community Forum

Save the Bay Coalition is holding an open public forum on Sunday 17 November at 2 PM at Yarra Bay Sailing Club to update Botany Bay communities and recreational groups on the NSW Liberal Government’s proposed cruise ship terminal at Yarra Bay. A cruise ship terminal at Yarra Bay would be a disaster for our … More Please join us at community forum on Sunday 17 November

Volumes could be written about the environmental consequences of the Berejiklian government’s proposed Yarra Bay mega cruise ship terminal. The proposal is an environmental stinker of the first order. In this post, guest contributor Cameron Rogers focuses on just one aspect of one of the big issues – dredging of contaminated seabed sediment. The dredging … More Dredging up a toxic threat to Sydney

As expected, yesterday’s consultations with the Port Authority of NSW project team broke down. The Port Authority’s powerless public servants and consultants had no information to provide – the Berejiklian government has stamped everything pertaining to the project Cabinet-in-confidence or commercial-in-confidence. The Port Authority project team just wanted to outline their consultation process going forward … More No consultation without information

The Port Authority of NSW wants to “consult” with the community and other stakeholders regarding its proposed Yarra Bay or Molineux Point mega cruise ship terminal. However the Port Authority continues to balk at providing the essential ingredient of successful consultation: meaningful information about what they propose to build. In response to their invitation: “As … More Consultation must begin with information