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Australia: New projects to accelerate Victoria’s Renewable Energy Zones 03 Aug 2021 The Andrews Labor Government has announced six new major energy projects across regional Victoria, that will prepare the grid for the unprecedented load of renewable energy in the pipeline. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio said the Stage One projects of the $540 million Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) will make it easier for new projects to be connected to Victoria’s grid ...

The Victorian Ombudsman is probing the Andrews government amid allegations it is failing to alleviate worsening truck traffic in Melbourne’s inner-west caused by a new toll road, the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel.

Stabling plan sparks protest Picture: Supplied PROTESTERS have turned up in numbers to oppose state government plans to put train stabling on a former landfill site in Heatherton. In late 2020, the state government confirmed that the former Delta site in Heatherton was its preferred location for suburban rail loop stabling yards. The move was slammed by Kingston Council, which had eyed off the land for a new regional sporting facility (“Train stabling decision devastated community”, Prote...

Heatherton the ‘best location’ for stabling THE state government has defended a proposal to put train stabling on the former Delta landfill site in Heatherton. Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan says that the Heatherton site is “the best location for the stabling of Suburban Rail Loop trains. It minimises the compulsory acquisition of homes, businesses and parkland.” “The Suburban Rail Loop will provide new transport connections, slash travel times and create jobs for res...

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council welcomes yesterday's announcement by the Victorian Liberal Nationals that they oppose AGL's plan to build a gas import...

8 February 2021 Plans to construct a new gas import terminal on the Victorian coast have encountered an unexpected source of opposition, with the state’s Liberal National Party announcing it would not support the development of the Crib Point gas terminal. The controversial Crib Point gas terminal is being proposed by AGL Energy, as part of a plan to bring up to 160 petajoules of natural gas each year into the Victorian gas market. The import terminal, which would be constructed on the Victor...