Cardinia Environment Coalition
Emma VULIN (Pakenham) (19:03): (382) My adjournment is for the Minister for Environment, and the action that I seek is for the minister to join me to visit the Cardinia Environment Coalition at Deep Creek Reserve in Pakenham to meet with local volunteers working hard to care for the natural environment in my electorate. The Cardinia Environment Coalition, known locally as the CEC, leads significant positive environmental change through community-based awareness, education and action in my electorate. The CEC have a nursery located at Deep Creek Reserve in Pakenham where they provide advice to residents and landholders on how they can incorporate native plantings on their property. They also manage several parcels of public land located in Cardinia shire on behalf of the people of Victoria. On some of these sites the CEC is revegetating from degraded pasture, on some they are protecting from invasive weed species, while on others they are conducting feral animal control. The CEC recently received a small Victorian Landcare support grant to assist them with their work. I look forward to hosting the minister on this visit.