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Index Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project

The Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project (CDP) began on 8 February 2008 to deepen the shipping channels leading to Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Activism, Adelaide, Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian dollar, Australian Greens, Blue Wedges, Boskalis, Container ship, Draft (hull), Environment Effects Act 1978, Environment Protection Authority (Victoria), Environmental monitoring, Euronext, Federal Court of Australia, Gavin Jennings, John Brumby, Justin Madden, Kayak, Melbourne, Member of parliament, Mount Martha, Victoria, Parliament of Victoria, Peter Garrett, Port of Melbourne, Port of Melbourne Corporation, Port Phillip, Queen of the Netherlands (ship), Rob Hulls, Rye, Victoria, Singapore, Sue Pennicuik, Supreme Court of Victoria, Surfboard, Victoria State Government, Victorian Legislative Council, West Gate Bridge.

  2. 2008 in Australia
  3. Environment of Victoria (state)
  4. Port of Melbourne
  5. Transport in Melbourne
  6. Water transport in Australia

Activism

Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

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Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Conservation Foundation

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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Australian Greens

The Australian Greens (AG), commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia.

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Blue Wedges

Blue Wedges is a conservation organisation in conflict with Australia's Victorian government policy to deepen shipping channels in Port Phillip and the large scale development of Ramsar listed Westernport. Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project and Blue Wedges are environment of Victoria (state) and port Phillip.

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Boskalis

Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a Dutch dredging and heavylift company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure internationally.

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Container ship

A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Environment Effects Act 1978

The Environment Effects Act 1978 is current legislation that was passed in the Australian state of Victoria.

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The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is Victoria’s environmental regulator. Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project and environment Protection Authority (Victoria) are environment of Victoria (state).

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Environmental monitoring

Environmental monitoring is the processes and activities that are done to characterize and describe the state of the environment.

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Euronext

Euronext N.V. (short for European New Exchange Technology) is a pan-European bourse that provides trading and post-trade services for a range of financial instruments.

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Federal Court of Australia

The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indictable (more serious) criminal matters.

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Gavin Jennings

Gavin Wayne Jennings (born 18 April 1957) is an Australian politician.

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John Brumby

John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010.

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Justin Madden

Justin Mark Madden (born 31 May 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and state politician.

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Kayak

A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Mount Martha, Victoria

Mount Martha is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area.

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Parliament of Victoria

The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system.

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Peter Garrett

Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.

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Port of Melbourne

The Port of Melbourne is the largest port for containerised and general cargo in Australia. Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project and port of Melbourne are Transport in Melbourne.

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Port of Melbourne Corporation

The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is a statutory body established by the Victorian Government to develop and manage the Port of Melbourne, Australia's busiest container port. Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project and port of Melbourne Corporation are port of Melbourne.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.

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Queen of the Netherlands (ship)

Queen of the Netherlands is a Dutch trailing suction hopper dredger ship constructed in 1998.

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Rob Hulls

Rob Justin Hulls (born 23 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2012, representing the electorate of Niddrie.

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Rye, Victoria

Rye is a seaside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sue Pennicuik

Susan Margaret Pennicuik (born 17 April 1957) is an Australian politician who served as a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018.

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Supreme Court of Victoria

The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Surfboard

A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing.

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Victoria State Government

The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive branch of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly.

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West Gate Bridge

The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip.

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See also

2008 in Australia

Environment of Victoria (state)

Port of Melbourne

Transport in Melbourne

Water transport in Australia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Phillip_Channel_Deepening_Project

Also known as Channel Deepening Project, Dredging of Port Phillip, Port Phillip Channel Deepening.