{"id":1468,"date":"2024-06-18T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/?page_id=1468"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T03:24:35","slug":"latest-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-cda6dc4f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2422 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/australias-nature-laws-are-being-rewritten\/\" target=\"_self\" >Australia\u2019s nature laws are being rewritten.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The fine print may doom them before they start A new national standard was supposed to fix how Australia protects threatened species. A single clause has quietly gutted it. In December 2025, the Federal Government approved development of 10.7 hectares of wetland habitat on the edge of the Gippsland Lakes \u2014 one of Australia\u2019s most&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-16T13:19:49+10:00\">16\/05\/2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2348 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/gippsland-lakes-recognised-as-important-migratory-shorebird-habitat\/\" target=\"_self\" >Gippsland Lakes recognised as important migratory shorebird habitat<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) launches the updated Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat \u2013 a major milestone for shorebird conservation in Australia. Gippsland Lakes is listed with the following citation > &#8220;The Gippsland Lakes shorebird area comprises three major interconnected lake systems in eastern Victoria. Lake Wellington,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-02T08:24:46+10:00\">02\/12\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2249 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/professor-peter-gell-speaks-at-fogl-agm\/\" target=\"_self\" >Professor Peter Gell speaks at FOGL AGM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">An AMAZING turnout of 75 people on 12th October at the Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club to hear Professor Peter Gell speak. This goes to show that people really do care about the future of the Gippsland Lakes and wetlands Peter spoke about our obligations under the Ramsar Convention, and how both the Victorian and Federal&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-26T10:41:20+10:00\">26\/10\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2035 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/meetings\/\" target=\"_self\" >Meetings<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We currently meet around once a month at the Book Nook Cafe 147 MacLeod St in Bairnsdale. Members are advised of exact meeting times via email. We also advertise our meetings on our Facebook page. We generally have serious business to discuss, but also like to keep a social side to our meetings. The Cafe&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-16T11:36:35+10:00\">16\/07\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1813 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/make-miners-pay-for-water-river-justice-for-latrobe-valley\/\" target=\"_self\" >Make miners pay for water &#8211; River justice for LaTrobe Valley<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A submission guide for making AGL pay a fair price for the water it uses to fill the Loy Yang Pit. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-15T09:18:08+10:00\">15\/07\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1701 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/petition-for-gippsland-lakes-audit-close-with-741-signatures\/\" target=\"_self\" >Petition for Gippsland Lakes audit closes with 941 Signatures !<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The petition for a new envrionmental audit of the lakes closed on 23rd April. It will now be presented to Federal Parliament at a date in the future. We will keep you posted. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-26T10:24:13+10:00\">26\/04\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1680 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/e-petition-for-gippsland-lakes-audit\/\" target=\"_self\" >QR Code for Gippsland Lakes Audit petition.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">FoGL has launched a Federal Parliamentary petition calling for a long overdue new environmental audit of the Gippsland Lakes. The last audit was done in 1998. We need to find out what is really going on the the Lakes. Please click on the link below or scan the QR code to sign. The petition closes&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-07T11:45:27+10:00\">07\/04\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1669 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/darren-chester-mp-calls-for-audit-of-the-gippsland-lakes-in-federal-parliament\/\" target=\"_self\" >Darren Chester MP calls for audit of the Gippsland Lakes in Federal Parliament<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jun 6, 2024\u00a0|\u00a0Caring for the Environment Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says an independent audit of the ecological health of the Gippsland Lakes would help to guide future management and practical environmental action throughout the catchment. Speaking in Federal Parliament, Mr Chester accused the state and federal governments of under-funding the nation\u2019s largest lakes&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-26T15:17:30+10:00\">26\/03\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1637 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/dolphin-dilemma-screenings-successful\/\" target=\"_self\" >&#8220;Dolphin Dilemma&#8221; screenings successful<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">FoGL partnered with the Marine Mammal Foundation in March 2025 to hold exclusive screenings of the documentary &#8220;Dolphin Dilemma&#8221; in Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale. The events were very well attended and helped raise money for MMF to continue their research into the Burrunan Dolphins, after all their government funding was pulled. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-25T06:04:23+10:00\">25\/03\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-588 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/588\/\" target=\"_self\" >Silt Jetties Brochure<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The Mitchell River delta and its silt jetties, is one of the world\u2019s mostsignificant \u2018finger\u2019 deltas and 6,000 to 10,000 years old. Download this useful brochure and before going to visit the Silt Jetties Download &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-08-23T00:00:00+10:00\">23\/08\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1530 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/fogl-joins-landcare-and-becomes-a-registered-charity\/\" target=\"_self\" >FoGL joins Landcare and becomes a registered charity<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">FOGL has successfully completed two new initiatives <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-07-17T16:36:10+10:00\">17\/07\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1353 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/1353\/\" target=\"_self\" >Water Quality Testing Begins<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Have a look at our new Water Quality Testing page to learn all about it. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-09T00:00:00+10:00\">09\/06\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1210 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/1210\/\" target=\"_self\" >Membership<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">How to become a member of FoGL and get involved in our activities. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-27T13:01:49+10:00\">27\/05\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1133 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-events\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/free-public-lecture-forever-chemicals\/\" target=\"_self\" >Forever Chemicals ( PFAS) &#8211; 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