Environment suffers from more suits, less boots

The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, has called on the Andrews Labor Government to reset its environmental priorities after it was revealed field staff in the environment department were cut while office-based staff increased dramatically. Speaking after raising questions at last week’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearings, Mr O’Brien said the…

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Extraordinary back-track means more time to speak up against draconian pandemic Bill

A panicked, eleventh-hour decision by the Andrews Labor Government to defer a vote on the Premier’s shocking pandemic legislation is an admission this Bill is bad for all Victorians. On Thursday, the Andrews Government forced through a motion to defer the vote – despite Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes doggedly arguing on Tuesday it “be made an…

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Inquiry finding – Labor’s Lead Battery failure

A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Health Impacts of Air Pollution has recommended the Andrews Government conduct an independent Environmental Effects Statement (EES) into Chunxing Corporations Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) secondary smelter proposed for Latrobe Valley. The Andrews Government allowed Chunxing Corporation to self-assess its environmental impacts, despite the ULAB project attracting significant opposition from…

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