Tag: Kilcunda 3995
Your Water Your Say bows out of desal fight
The Your Water Your Say Action Group will no longer be involved in campaigning against the desalination plant at Kilcunda.[MORE]
Comment sought on desal plant environmental statement
The environmental effects statement (EES) for the Kilcunda desalination plant has been released for public comment today.[MORE]
Councillors, Govt hold desal plant talks
Councillors from Bass Coast Shire met Water Minister Tim Holding yesterday to discuss the planned desalination plant at Kilcunda.[MORE]
Council not told of desal plant road closure
The chief executive officer of the Bass Coast Shire Council, Allan Bawden, says a decision to close a road near the desalination plant site at Kilcunda is an attempt to block community protests.[MORE]
Police charge anti-desal protesters
Three people have been charged with obstruction after anti-desalination protests in Kilcunda yesterday.[MORE]
Police called in to remove protesters at desal site
Protesters have blockaded the planned desalination site in South Gippsland, preventing entry by heavy drilling equipment.[MORE]
DSE rejects desal plant flood plain claims
The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has hit back at claims the Kilcunda desalination plant is being built on a flood plain.[MORE]
Action group airs desal plant flooding fears
There are concerns the site of the proposed desalination plant near Wonthaggi is prone to flooding.[MORE]
Landowners meet over desal plant pylon plans
Farmers and landowners in the Cardinia, Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires will meet at Lang Lang today, after they were approached to have pylons on their properties to power the desalination plant at Kilcunda.[MORE]
Govt undecided on desal plant power pylons
The Victorian Government says it has not decided whether to use pylons to carry power to the planned desalination plant at Kilcunda.[MORE]
Vic Govt defends desal court costs move
Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding is defending his Government's decision to claim court costs from the anti-desalination group, Your Water Your Say.[MORE]
Kilcunda desal plant draws protest
Members of the Your Water Your Say action group have set up a protest at the site of the proposed desalination plant at Kilcunda.[MORE]
Desal plant opponent seeks more investigation
The group opposing the desalination plant planned for Kilcunda believes the state auditor-general could carry out further investigations into the project.[MORE]
Lobby group backs council's desal talks stance
The Your Water Your Say action group is backing a ban by Bass Coast council on discussions with the Victorian Government over the planned desalination plant.[MORE]
Council split over desalination plant
The Bass Coast Shire Council is split over the proposal for a desalination plant at Kilcunda in southern Victoria.[MORE]
Vic needs water recycling, not desalination: ACF
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says it is not too late for the Victorian Government to scrap its plans for a desalination plant in South Gippsland.[MORE]
Work begins on desal plant environmental effects statement
The management team planning the new desalination plant in South Gippsland has started preparing an environmental effects statement referral for the State Planning Minister.[MORE]
Seawater desal plant to create jobs
Bass Coast residents in south-east Victoria are being told a new seawater desalination plant will cover about 30 hectares of land near Kilcunda.[MORE]
Opposition questions desal plan funding
Victorian Opposition leader Ted Baillieu has questioned how the state Government's $3 billion water desalination project will be funded.[MORE]
Oil spill earns ship owner $1m fine
A German shipping company has been fined more than $1 million for polluting Victoria's coastline.[MORE]
