Victorian government found to have failed to protect critically endangered grasslands

Government acquired just 10% of the land needed for one of the protected areas and none of the land required for the second

The Victorian government has failed to protect critically endangered grasslands as promised under a deal with the federal government for the urban expansion of Melbourne, the state's auditor has found.

The Victorian auditor general's report, published on Wednesday, investigated whether the state government delivered two reserves that were promised by 2020 as offsets for the development of new suburbs to support the city's population growth.