STOP LABORS TOWERS NEWSLETTER – June 26th 2024

As explained in a previous Newsletter, the Regional Victoria Power Alliance is fighting back with an appeal against the December 2023 Supreme Court judgment which dismissed our challenge against the Victorian Government’s “VNI West and WRL” Ministerial Orders.

This Appeal represents the crucial stand by all of us against such Ministerial Orders which are Victorian Government decrees, in concert with AEMO, for massive powerline projects such as VNI West and WRL to be built here and anywhere in Victoria, completely ignoring rural and regional communities.

We have now received the following information from the Court regarding the Hearing for our Appeal:

Date: 7 August 2024

Time: 9.45 am

Location: Blue Court, 459 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

 

The Court also advised that it has reserved a second day of hearing, 8 August 2024, should it be needed.

We will keep you informed if there are any updates and when we have a court weblink so that you can watch the hearing. In the meantime, there is still a lot of work for our Counsel and solicitors to do to prepare for the hearing, to ensure they make the best possible argument on the day, for all of us.

But to make sure we get into the courtroom, the RVPA needs your continuing support to raise the final amount of funds needed. This David and Goliath fight is for the many, many 1000s of people who will be impacted by the WRL and VNI West projects. The ripple effect of impact will spread far and wide.

Please consider donating – $250/$500/$1000/$2000 or whatever you feel is appropriate – sincere thanks to those who have already donated in 2024 to this critical fight.

You can transfer funds directly:

Moorabool and Central Highlands Power Alliance Inc.*

BSB: 633 000

ACC: 175 892 850

Or donate at any Bendigo Bank branch.

*This is the legal name of the RVPA.

When you consider how much to donate, please have a think about how much impact and financial loss you will directly or indirectly suffer, how much impact your community will suffer, and how much the environment will be adversely impacted by every stage of these projects from construction to operation and decades into the future.

Or are you a supporter who wants to help stop rural and regional Victorians from being bulldozed over by the Government? All donations will be gratefully received.

As we have said before, justice does not come cheap, but THE TIME IS NOW OR NEVER! We have momentum, and we have an enormous, hard-won chance to break these two projects right now.