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
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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.