Environment Effects Act News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Farmers and government representatives clashed once again, this time in Stawell on October 16.

Viva Energy proposes this facility will provide a flexible and reliable supply of gas to meet Victoria and South East Australia’s ongoing energy needs

Advertisement Two farmers in Melbourne’s west who will lose parts of their land to make way for the controversial Western Highway duplication project have lost a long-running court battle against the Andrews government. After a string of court challenges that have spanned more than four years, sisters MairiAnne and Iona Mackenzie and a community environmental group were ordered to pay the government’s court costs on Wednesday afternoon. MairiAnne Mackenzie took action to stop the Western Highway project being built through her property and destroying a large number of old trees. Credit:E...

Shire, Opposition unite against AGL 3 Mins Read OPPOSITION MPs Neale Burgess and Ryan Smith announce their party’s decision to opposepower conmpany AGL’splans for a gas import terminal at Crib Point. The two MPs stood on the steps of the Western Port Oberon Association’s headquarters to address the hastily-assembled crowd. Picture: Supplied Share OPPOSITION MPs Neale Burgess and Ryan Smith announce their party’s decision to oppose power company AGL’s plans for a gas import terminal at Crib Point. The two MPs stood on the steps of the Western Port Oberon Association’s...

Opposition against AGL gas terminal THE state Opposition has announced it opposes power company AGL’s plan for a gas import terminal at Crib Point. The Opposition’s resources spokesperson Ryan Smith said on Monday the decision was based on supporting “local residents”, “serious environmental concerns” about the route of a proposed pipeline to Pakenham and because “the legally recognised indigenous traditional owner group opposes the project”. The latest declaration follows concerns raised by the Opposition last year that the public was not being enough time to comment on an en...