Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:13): (636) My constituency question is to the Minister for Planning, and I might also direct it to the Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Action, I think; I am not really sure which one it goes to. It relates to the York Street development in Ballarat East. Powercor is actually building a substation there, which has caused quite a big stir in the community. It is very serious, because there are a number of households that are impacted very negatively. This substation is $52 million in construction, so it is a very, very substantial construction, and there have been protests and even a meeting with the member for Eureka in her office, but it resulted in no outcome whatsoever. So I ask the minister: will she intervene to make sure that the residents are heard so that we get an outcome which is suitable to all those that are living in the vicinity of this proposed substation?