Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has released a report that details the financial, social and environmental benefits of a 10c deposit on drink bottles, challenging the Victorian government position on the scheme.

"I commissioned this report to show that a 10c deposit system is not only good for the environment, but also makes sound financial sense. It takes the packaging industry spin, and unspins it"

Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has described the Planning Minister's decision to overturn her successful disallowance motion on the Barwon Heads Bridge today as "a sad day for Victoria".

"Last week I spoke in Parliament in support of the people of Barwon Heads. My disallowance motion, to revoke the Government's planning amendment to allow the construction of a second bridge, was triggered by the communities of Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove who have campaigned long and hard on this issue. Had the Government consulted effectively at the beginning it would not have come to this," said Colleen Hartland.