Western Port community lodges Cerberus submission

Key points

• Seventeen Western Port organisations have lodged a joint submission asking the Commonwealth to establish the facts before HMAS Cerberus land is sold. The submission asks for the land to be assessed as part of the wider coastline and for an independent assessment of its environment.
• It also requests that Traditional Owners be engaged. Trust for Nature has said it is willing to accept land within the divestment area for conservation, subject to board approval and conditions.
• Town planner Jonathon Fetterplace said the land should move into state and shire planning jurisdiction before divestment.