What is the name of the proposed 18-kilometre tollway in Melbourne which will connect the Eastern Freeway with the Western Ring Road and for which the Bendigo street housing campaign, a series of occupations of empty state owned properties began in March 2016?
Bendigo street housing campaign The Bendigo street housing campaign (also known as Bendigo Street or People Need Houses, Houses Need People) are a series of occupations of empty state government-owned properties acquired for the previously proposed East West Link tollway in Melbourne's inner north. The occupations commenced on March 30, 2016 with the involvement of the Homeless Persons Union Victoria, and have involved at least fifteen properties in Collingwood, Clifton Hill and Parkville, while ten properties are currently occupied, involving a campaign hub, a First Nations embassy and temporary/crisis accommodation, run by the community.
Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston. The area was originally home to the "Mayone-bulluk" and "Boonwurrung-Balluk" clans and formed part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement.