In response to reports of some farmers receiving access notices from Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) for their land as part of the VNI West Transmission Project, VFF President Brett Hosking has labelled the move as ‘tone-deaf’:
“We’ve consistently told TCV they must take a people-first approach and genuinely engage in a meaningful manner.”
“Handing landholders a letter saying they will compulsory access their property to do land surveys flanked by a lawyer is completely tone-deaf and will only further add to mounting opposition to this project.”
“This isn’t engagement, it’s coercion. VNI West is a failed project and it’s time the government went back to the drawing board.”