Gippsland Environment Group Inc
Lobbying against environmental threats on the unceded lands of the GunaiKurnai, Yaitmathang, Ngarigo and Bidwell Peoples
Planning and inappropriate development
Proposal to re-zone land for urban development near Paynesville
23 June 2025
Friends of the Gippsland Lakes submission calls for conservative zoning strategies, proactive climate adaptation measures, and integrated, evidence-based decision-making to ensure long-term environmental sustainability and community resilience.
Critical Risks to Gippsland Lakes and Migratory Bird Habitat Exposed in new FOGL Report to DCCEEW
13 May 2025
FOGL strongly opposes the proposed Shearwater–Paynesville development, highlighting significant risks to Latham’s Snipe habitat and Gippsland Lakes Ramsar wetland. It identifies serious flaws in habitat mapping and inadequate mitigation measures against ecological disturbances.
Swift Parrots on Raymond Island
21 April 2024
In April 2024, a large flock of Swift Parrots was recorded feeding on lerps in the leaves of mature Southern Mahogany trees on Raymond Island, the most important Swift Parrot habitat site for the Gippsland region. The Southern Mahoganys are located in, and next to a 1ha proposed subdivision site.
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The response from the Federal Environment Minister
July 2023
Official Response from the Minister, acknowledging our letter. Subsequent to this, the developer made a referral under the EPBC Act.
Letter to the Federal Environment Minister
January 2023
Attention: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
RE: Latham’s Snipe, an EPBC-listed migratory bird species threatened by proposed residential coastal development in Paynesville, East Gippsland