Energy Infrastructure Payments a ‘Slap in the Face’

Energy Infrastructure Payments a ‘Slap in the Face’
Premier Daniel Andrews of Victoria speaks to media during an announcement at PowerPlus Energy, in Melbourne, Australia on Oct. 21, 2022. AAP Image/Diego Fedele
|Updated:

A move to pay landowners $200,000 per square kilometre for energy infrastructure imposed on their properties has been labelled a slap in the face.

Residents living in the path of several projects in regional Victoria have previously protested against high-voltage power lines and towers more than 80 metres high and are calling for infrastructure to be placed underground instead.

AAP
AAP
Author
Australian Associated Press is an Australian news agency.
Related Topics