Thursday, 30 October 2025

 Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (12:52): (1929) My question is to the Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Action, and it concerns the western renewable energy zone at Navarre and particularly the Navarre Green Power Hub, which the government is supporting. My question specifically to the minister is: will she review the establishment of the renewable energy zone and the Navarre green power hub but in particular focus on the actions of wind power companies that are acting unfairly? This is a local project that has torn the community apart. I met with locals last week, and they have been pitted against each other. A lot of them have a lack of information, and the actions of power companies have actually been quite reprehensible in the way they have treated locals. I hope that the minister will take the time to investigate this, because although it might be a small community, it is an incredibly important community. Farming and fibre are incredibly important around there. The minister should intervene and step in before everyone leaves.