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Loddon HERALD Vol 3 No 19 THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023 ISSN 2653-1550
Mayor in Canberra tackling AEMO, water concerns
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FEARS more water buybacks will cripple Loddon irrigation farms about to be dotted 80-metre high transmission are being voiced in Canberra.
Loddon Mayor Dan Straub flew to the national capital on Tuesday with other leaders from Murray River Group of Councils. The local government group
By CHRIS EARL
was expected to meet with Federal Government ministers and advisors yesterday before returning to Victoria this morning. Before leaving for Canberra, Cr Straub said the group, originally formed as a voice for councils in irrigation districts, would take concerns on “the two big issues at the moment” to ministers, push-
ing collective cases for better consultation on Australian Energy Market Operator transmission line plans and opposition to more water buybacks in Victoria. “Communities in all of the council areas that include Gannawarra and Swan Hill want to better leverage the future of local communities who are within the declared renewable energy zone,” Cr Straub said. “And we all want that to include
social licence for our areas,” he said. “We won’t be railroaded and we want far better and proper consultation on AEMO plans.” A decision on the final route for VNI West transmission line is expected with in days. Cr Straub said the delegation would also tell the Federal Government that water buybacks across the region would be “detrimental to irrigation communities and our surrounding towns.”
“We can’t have any more forced buybacks in our part of the Murray Darling Basin,” Cr Straub said. Victorian Farmers Federation has said Government plan to buyback water ignored all evidence of the devastation farming communities will be forced to endure. A report last year claimed a $900 million economic catastrophe from lost production caused by water buybacks under the basin plan
Magnificent machines motor into town STUDEBAKERS, Fords, Vauxhaulls and dozens of cars sporting long-lost motoring marques motored into the Loddon on Sunday. Bridgewater’s Kate and Dave Edwards were among many who flocked to see the pre-World War Two vintage vehicles when they descended on Inglewood Recreation Reserve for lunch. Earlier, vehicles took the vista of Brooke Street back a century and owners browsed antique stores. Others headed to Kooyoora State Park for a morning of exploration on the final day of the inaugural rally for pioneering motoring vehicles. More than 80 cars, some 110 years old, took part in the rally.
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