Labor’s panicked rush to roll-out wind and solar farms across 70 per cent of Victoria’s agricultural land has escalated into completely unfair and dangerous territory, with Labor making laws that allow government employees free rein to enter private land without permission of landowners. Under a new Bill introduced to Parliament by Labor, landholders who prioritise…
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (16:31): I speak in strong support today of the matter of public importance raised by the member for Evelyn. It is clear that there is an enormous disparity between facts and reality. I challenge the members opposite to get out into their communities and speak to real people on the ground, to…
The rushed approval of the Joel Joel battery project is a clear example of the Allan Labor Government’s contempt for regional Victorians. After removing the right of residents to make third-party appeals about renewable projects earlier this year, the government then fast-tracked approval for the 350-megawatt project near Stawell in just nine weeks, without any…
Today, the Nationals are making a stand to put locals first in the transition to renewables. For too long, residents across the Lowan electorate have been denied a voice amid the renewables push from the Allan Labor Government and multi-national corporations, which has included the government fast-tracking approvals for projects near Stawell and Mortlake. Member…
The Nationals’ Member for Lowan and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Emma Kealy, has hit out at the Allan Labor Government for trying to sneak through consultation on the VNI West project during local government elections. VNI West is a proposed high-capacity double-circuit overhead transmission line that will cut across prime agricultural land in Victoria’s north-west,…
Residents and producers near Stawell are facing the brutal reality of the Allan Labor Government’s first rushed major renewables project. The $250 million Joel Joel Battery Energy Storage Project, rushed through under the new Development Facilitation Program, will be the biggest battery in the state. Despite the sheer size of the 10ha project, it was…
The Nationals’ Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, is urging the public to be aware of new bans on telemarketing and doorknocking under the Victorian Energy Upgrades program. From May this year, unsolicited telemarketing calls related to the program — which provides state government incentives for households that install certain energy-efficient products and services — became…
Lowan residents will no longer face forceful sales tactics from energy companies after the Nationals were successful in advocating for a ban on telemarketing and doorknocking. From today, May 1, providers and participants in the Victorian Energy Upgrades program — an initiative that provides state government incentives for households that install certain energy-efficient products and…
Skyrocketing energy bills and a cost-of-living crisis have driven the Member Deputy Leader of The Nationals, Emma Kealy, to demand the Andrews Labor Government to immediately extend the $250 Power Saving Bonus. The current round of the Power Saving Bonus closes at midnight on August 31 and all eligible households, including those that received payments…
Unsolicited phone calls from call centres purporting to be representatives of the Victorian Governments Energy Upgrades Program has been raised in State Parliament by The Nationals. Deputy Leader of The Nationals and Member for Lowan Emma Kealy said her office continued to be contacted by distressed residents and businesses who were being inundated with unsolicited…
