How we operate
Our association is managed by a Council of up to seven members, elected at our Annual General Meetings, comprising a President and up to six Vice-Presidents. We have an office in the South Melbourne Town Hall which is temporarily closed due to building reconstruction. Council meetings have been disrupted by the COVID pandemic, but decisions are still being made.
What we do
We carry out detailed research on all aspects of the motor racing conducted in Albert Park Reserve (in particular, Formula 1) and record relevant facts. We publish the facts in leaflets, media releases, newsletters, and letters/emails to government departments. We establish relationships and share information with like-minded organisations in other states. We operate a Park Volunteer Group which conducts a weekly work party in Albert Park Reserve.
Save Albert Park is a self-funded, non-party political, not-for-profit incorporated association, with membership open to all people with an interest in the protection of parkland.
Our purpose
Our purpose is to work towards the total and permanent termination of motor racing in Albert Park Reserve, the restoration of the park as open space and parkland, and to protect the park from inappropriate development.
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LATEST UPDATES – GRAND PRIX 2025
Save Albert Park has been exposing the rorts behind the Grand Prix: despite what government and AGPC say, it’s an economic and financial failure for Victoria.
The estimated total taxpayer cost will be $3 billion by the end of the current contract. In the public interest we have been seeking the facts about this highly secretive event and have an important case at VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) where we contend the AGPC artificially inflates its attendance by 100,000 every year.
Joan Logan had an article published in Pearls and Irritations on 11 January 2025.
>> Go to Articles of Interest to read this article.
On Thursday 13 March, Pearls and Irritations published another article by Joan: “Victoria’s government and opposition put Grand Prix ahead of their citizens”. >> Read here.
“Grand Prix attempts to dodge public scrutiny while taking billions in public subsidies”
Media release re VCAT’s decision is imminent. Will the Grand Prix be successful? We believe not. Read the Media Release here.
“Victorian Government and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation are hiding massive new grand prix corporate costs”
Did you know that the government and the AGPC agreed to pay for an expansion of the GP’s Pit Building and Paddock Club corporate facility, which is understood to be costing Victorians in excess of $300 million? Why have they not revealed these costs? Read the Media Release here.
“Grand Prix economic ‘benefit’ claims. Fact or Fiction?”
Who do you trust, the Auditor General and economic experts or a Consultant paid by government to boost F1? Read the Media Release here.
Read the report here.