General News
3 May, 2023
AEMO commits to forum but not ministers
SENIOR State Government ministers have refused to attend a Loddon forum tomorrow discussing plans to send transmission lines through the Loddon Shire. Energy Minister Lily d’Ambrosio and Agricultural Minister Gayle Tierney, who is also a member of...
SENIOR State Government ministers have refused to attend a Loddon forum tomorrow discussing plans to send transmission lines through the Loddon Shire.
Energy Minister Lily d’Ambrosio and Agricultural Minister Gayle Tierney, who is also a member of Parliament for Western Victoria Region that includes Wedderburn, on Friday formally declined invitations for the forum in Wedderburn at 2pm.
Their response only come on Friday after forum organisers, the Loddon Herald, contacted the minister’s offices when no response had been received to the invitation.
Both offices replied that the ministers have other commitments.
AEMO on Tuesday confirmed it would be sending two representatives - Victorian planning group manager Nicola Falcon and executive general manager system design Merryn York - to the forum in Loddon Shire Council chambers.
Also speaking on the panel will be Professor Bruce Mountain, Energy Grid Alliance director Darren Edwards, farmer Kathryn Myers and Nationals state leader and member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh.
The forum will discuss the project’s impacts and benefits, options and alternatives to current AEMO proposals.