In his first year as premier, Ted Baillieu has given away 40% of Victoria in dirty brown coal mining leases
IA INVESTIGATION: The new Victorian Government has abandoned any concerns for the environment in a rush to turn Victoria into a big, dirty, brown coal mine. Environment editor Sandi Keane reports.
THE new body politic in Victoria has undergone a tectonic shift backwards in its increasing abandonment of its stewardship responsibilities to the natural world.
It seems to be a case of another week — another environmental policy failure. Baillieu is going backwards on the environment say Victoria’s environment groups, organisers of the Backwards March on November 14, which saw hundreds of Victorians calling for an urgent change in direction.
With the International Energy Agency warning the “door may be closing” to limit global temperature rise to 2C, the Baillieu government stubbornly continues to “lock in” irreversible climate change in Victoria.
Under recent legislation, new coal-fired power stations can be built 1km from the nearest residence (or just over 1km in the case of the Anglesea Primary School) – but not for a windfarm, which needs to be at least 2km away from the nearest complaining resident.
Independent Australia
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