Mining rehabilitation is an area where the VFF believes there could be improvements through better recognition of the thoughts of the landholder in the process.
We are aware that these regulations and the RIS primarily address 3 large coal mines in the Latrobe Valley, on land that was once the property of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. The regulations to envisage the future application of these regulations to other sites, and most mine sites in Victoria are located on private land used for farming, which then triggers the Human Rights considerations around property.