Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Petitions

Dederang battery project

Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) presented a petition bearing 1310 signatures:

Issue:

This petition of residents in Victoria and visitors to the Kiewa Valley draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria the widespread and clear community opposition to the proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to be based in Dederang by Mint Renewables, and the environmental concerns that such a facility entails.

Action:

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly of Victoria calls on the Minister for Planning to reject this proposal due to the widespread community opposition, the risks to community health and wellbeing, concerns about the environmental impacts on this sensitive environment, the loss of prime agricultural land, the increase of bushfire risk in a high bushfire risk area, and the impacts on landscape and tourism in an area covered by a significant landscape overlay.

Ordered that petition be considered tomorrow.