Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Eastern Victoria Region

Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:53): (1810) My question is for the Minister for Planning. The Fingerboards mine proposal near Glenaladale was rejected in 2021 after an extensive environment effects statement identified 49 distinct and unacceptable impacts. It threatens farm animals, water sources and community health. It also threatens the organic status of many farms. Now Gippsland Critical Minerals has revived the same dangerous project. So my question is: has the government conducted new examinations of these risks to groundwater, farms and locals, and if so, will the minister release the findings publicly?