Legalise Cannabis backs call for pollution filters for West Gate Tunnel vents
Legalise Cannabis MP David Ettershank will join western residents at a Yarraville protest to demand pollution filters be fitted to the West Gate Tunnel ventilation stacks.
West Gate Tunnel pollution
18th of February 2025, 5:44pmParliament of Victoria | Legislative Council David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan Region): My adjournment is directed to the Minister for Environment and relates to the West Gate Tunnel ventilation stacks. The western suburbs of Melbourne are more impacted by air pollution than…
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