Shady Creek farmers fight battery plan on 'prime farmland'

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Farmers at Shady Creek strongly oppose the development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project on what they describe as the area’s “prime agricultural land”.

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00:00It was just blindsided us. We were away, came home and they tell us that we're

00:05going to have batteries which is just unbelievable in this area.

00:10It's right across our boundary fence so yeah we don't know what it's going to do

00:13for our asset value, environmental value and all those things.

00:17The unknowns associated with these batteries, what the long-term effects likely to be on the land

00:23and the immediate health impacts on ourselves and the animals, we're just totally in the dark

00:29of what's involved. I think when you consider the Latrobe Valley, the transitioning that's

00:35occurring down there at the moment where they're stepping out of brown coal and they're looking for

00:40alternate forms of future employment and alternate forms of electricity, I think it makes logical sense

00:47from an investment perspective, from a planning perspective, from a risk mitigation perspective

00:52that they belong in the Latrobe Valley. That will help that community and it also minimises the risk

00:59and allows us to continue on producing good food and good milk out of this area.

01:06We've spoken to Borborshire Council, we have their unanimous support. We've spoken to our local

01:12members of the state and then also at federal level. We do have their support for pushing back

01:17on these proposals in this area. Shady Creek says no.

01:25No, no, no, no.

01:31No, no, no.

01:33No.

01:36No.

01:38No, no.

01:41No.

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