Victoria’s New Minister for Energy and Resources Jaclyn Symes needs to address the proposed application for the Avonbank mineral sands mine as a matter of top priority. Shadow Minister for Agriculture and the Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, said the application carried serious concerns over water security, the integrity of the Environmental Effects Statement,…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Energy and Resources, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me to meet with communities who are very concerned about the impact of the south-west renewable energy zone and the western renewable energy zone. These are communities that in many instances you could…
The Nationals in government will halt the unpopular VNI West project and bring back community consultation to Victoria’s energy debate. Nationals Member for Lowan and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Emma Kealy, said landholders across the state had seen their property rights taken away as the Allan Labor Government aggressively pursued its ideology-driven energy policy over…
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. A survey by Ausveg found that 28 per cent of vegetable producers have halted or reduced planting due to fuel and fertiliser supply issues. Will the minister guarantee farmers will have access to fuel for the full season, from planting or sowing right through to harvest, to…
Across regional Victoria, families, businesses and farmers are being pushed to the brink. They work hard, they pay their taxes and they keep the state running, yet they are the first to be hit and the last to be helped by a city-centric Labor government. Fuel shortages are no longer a risk, they are a…
My adjournment matter is to the Premier, and the action I seek is for the Premier to urgently work with the federal government to release fuel held under the minimum stockholding obligation into the spot market, with a priority on supporting independent distributors in regional Victoria. This afternoon most of my National Party colleagues have…
The Allan Labor Government has shown contempt for regional Victorians, the environment, and our vital agricultural sector, by bulldozing through new compulsory acquisition laws for power line easements. These powers allow the government, transmission firms, and energy distributors to seize farmland for power line easements that ‘may’ be required in the future, without the need…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Energy and Resources, and the action I seek is for the minister to immediately halt the VNI West transmission project, to undertake a full review of Victoria’s transmission plan to ensure it is reflective of modern and emerging energy technologies and to assess the value proposition and…
Frustration continues to build across regional Victoria as the Allan Labor Government pushes ahead with its Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) plans, dismissing the concerns of those who live and work in the areas most affected. The Nationals’ Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, said the Minister for Energy and Resources’ recent response to landholder feedback has…
I would like to speak on the amendments regarding the National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment (VicGrid Stage 2 Reform) Bill 2025, and I would like to pick up that last topic that was raised by the member for Tarneit: ‘This is a hard topic for some people in regional Victoria’, in reference to renewables. I am…
