MP Backs TV Star Catriona Rowntree’s Protest Against Rural Battery Project Due to Fire Risks

The project is slated for Little River, the film location for movies like Mad Max.

A general view of the battery storage system during the opening of the Hazelwood Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Morwell, Victoria of Australia on June 14, 2023. AAP Image/Diego Fedele

Television presenter Catriona Rowntree has found an ally in her fight to stop a battery-energy storage facility being built at Little River, just outside of Geelong.

Victorian Liberal Shadow Minister for Energy David Davis has joined the “Getaway” host in her bid to stop the development at the site, after she expressed concerns on social media.