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9 July 2025
Regional landholders under threat from Labor’s transmission takeover

The Nationals' Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has slammed new legislation proposed by the state government that would allow government officials and transmission companies to enter private farmland without consent, and hit landholders with steep fines if they object.

The National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment (VicGrid Stage 2 Reform) Bill hands sweeping powers to VicGrid and “authorised...

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