General News
24 March, 2025
City rubbish dumped
By CHRIS EARL ILLEGAL rubbish dumpers have been called out for their lack of respect. Loddon Shire’s Inglewood Ward councillor Miki Wilson said household rubbish and discarded Melbourne election campaign material beside the Calder Highway, between...
By CHRIS EARL
ILLEGAL rubbish dumpers have been called out for their lack of respect.
Loddon Shire’s Inglewood Ward councillor Miki Wilson said household rubbish and discarded Melbourne election campaign material beside the Calder Highway, between Inglewood and Kurting, was disrespectful.
“It not only shows a lack of respect for our local people and local communities but also a lack of respect for Australia as a whole,” Cr Wilson said.
Among the pile of rubbish was a cardboard box with the address of a Melbourne resident and election campaign corflutes featuring Victorian Socialist Party candidates Jorge Jorquera and Liz Walsh who stood for city seats in the 2022 state election.
Mr Jorquera was also Maribynong City councillor until his defeat last October. He did not respond to calls from the Loddon Herald.
The dumping was first reported around the time activists defaced the Major Mitchell cairn near Wedderburn.
Victorian Socialist Party supports transgender rights, Aboriginal land rights and a treaty with Aboriginal Australians, as well as support for asylum seekers and the introduction of a carbon neutral economy by 2035.
The Loddon Herald is not suggesting the incidents are connected.
The Calder Highway dumping comes amid growing community concern for littering on roads and in parks across the Loddon Shire.
Cr Wilson said there had also been reports of discarded building materials dumped behind the Bridgewater Bowling Club.
Councillors last month urged people to report illegal dumping.
The Environmental Protection Agency says Victoria is hit with an annual illegal littering clean up bill of $30 million.
“Illegal waste disposal is a crime. It is pollution that impacts our health and threatens our natural ecosystem,” the EPA says.