No Ship at Avoca — The Australian Government Urgently Needs To Wake...

No Ship at Avoca

The NSW State Government tried to dump a 4000 tonne warship HMAS Adelaide only 1400 metres offshore from Avoca Beach in March 2010. The community said NO our ocean is not a dump and launched a long campaign which ended at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The AAT ordered a significant amount of additional toxic pollutants be removed before it was eventually dumped in April 2011 at Avoca Beach, NSW, Australia. No ex warship scuttling had ever been contested in Australia and this case contributed significantly to the Federal government's decision to cease ship dumping in Australian waters. This website will continue to monitor the HMAS Adelaide dive site and its impact on the environment and local community. It will also disseminate information on ship dumping and the need to seek alternative methods of obsolete military equipment disposal.

The Australian Government Urgently Needs To Wake Up.
The rest of the world is embracing a sustainable future and our government endorsed Earth Hour on Saturday March 27.
On the same day our government tried to dump a toxic warship in a pristine bay and wasted about $10 million of OUR hard earned tax dollars to do this.
We need to send a clear message to our elected leaders that this is environmentally backward and we must catch up with the rest of the world and RECYCLE.

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