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Offshore wind gathers momentum as feasibility licences awarded in Gippsland

May 01, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2024 Today Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced a major step forward for offshore wind in Australia, granting feasibility licences for six projects in Victoria’s Gippsland region. This includes a feasibility licence for Star of the South,...

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Hume FFMV is risking our health and safety burning forest in Flowerdale for no benefit.

April 22, 2024

Native forest in Flowerdale, to the northeast of Melbourne, on McMahons Rd, is set to be ignited today, Monday 22nd April. The forest to be burnt has been labelled HR-MUR-BRD-0092 Flowerdale - McMahons Rd burn. "Our Fuel Hazard assessment shows that the fuel hazard...

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