Victorian Current Acts

YARRA RIVER PROTECTION (WILIP-GIN BIRRARUNG MURRON) ACT 2017 - SECT 5

The objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to recognise the importance of the Yarra River, and its parklands and associated public places, to the economic prosperity, vitality and liveability of Melbourne and the Yarra Valley, including—

              (i)     the ecological health, and the cultural, social, environmental and amenity values of the Yarra River and the landscape in which the Yarra River is situated; and

              (ii)     the environmental significance of the biodiversity corridor along the Yarra River; and

        (b)     to recognise that Crown land and freehold land owned by the State, that is adjacent to the Yarra River and which is used as public open space or as a park, is part of the one living and integrated natural entity, and to protect that land; and

        (c)     to establish an overarching policy and planning framework to coordinate and harmonise planning for the use, development and protection of the Yarra River, its parklands and other land in its vicinity; and

        (d)     to establish the Birrarung Council to advocate for protection and preservation of the Yarra River.