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$200k court‑ordered project to boost bandicoot habitat in Cranbourne

19/01/2026

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A $200,000 Victorian Supreme Court penalty stemming from environmental offences at Cranbourne’s SBI landfill will be redirected into a major conservation project aimed at boosting habitat for the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot. The funding, ordered by the Supreme Court following enforcement action by EPA Victoria…

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$200k court‑ordered project to boost bandicoot habitat in Cranbourne

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