The Yarra River has long been Melbourne’s dumping ground, but the Greens have backed a plan to make the Yarra swimmable once more. | _biancah
comes to fruition, many more people will be able to swim greater lengths of the river.
“The Labor government just hasn’t put the investment in, and the money that’s needed to actually fund that. So without the funding that’s needed, that plan is just a report sitting on a shelf.” “We are very pleased with the Greens’ commitment to the health and protection of our beautiful, resilient, yet under-threat Yarra Birrarung River,” she said.Getty Images
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