General News
15 October, 2023
Mystery ends: TCV names reference group members
BOORT farmer Vaughan Toose is one of 12 people appointed to Transmission Company Victoria’s VNI West community reference group. TCV, under fire for refusing to reveal the group’s membership, unveiled a list of members in a project stakeholder...
BOORT farmer Vaughan Toose is one of 12 people appointed to Transmission Company Victoria’s VNI West community reference group.
TCV, under fire for refusing to reveal the group’s membership, unveiled a list of members in a project stakeholder update on Friday.
Mr Toose’s property is among those included in the VNI West corridor.
He said farmers were well represented on the group.
Other farmers include Victorian Farmers’ Federation St Arnaud branch leaders Barry Batters and Colin Coates, organiser of the Parliament House tractor protest Glenden Watts and Charlton’s Glenda Watts.
Buloke Shire councillor Daryl Warren, St Arnaud farmer Marcia McIntyre, Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare’s Andrew Borg, former Gannawarra councillor Max Fehring, Rachel Lloyd, Brad McDonald and John Wright are also on the group.
“This group has not been established to rubber-stamp VNI West,” said the AEMO-appointed chairman David Hale, of Bendigo.
“These community members are representing the very real and valid concerns of their families, neighbours, friends and wider community networks.
“The group is intended to be a forum for sincere and open discussion; for community members to have their questions answered and discuss with TCV how it can improve its work on the ground.”
However, TCV said people with “something you would like the group to raise with TCV” were to contact Mr Dale.