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Anger as state rejects calls to pause controversial gas project – Sydney Morning Herald
Federal minister and local MP Greg Hunt said he was “deeply disappointed at the Victorian government’s position” on AGL’s proposed gas-import terminal at Western Port.
The energy giant’s plan to put a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Crib Point in Western Port Bay and connect it to a 55-kilometre pipeline from the Mornington Peninsula to Pakenham has faced delays and concerns from environmental groups and residents, who are worried about the risk to the area’s ecologically significant wetlands.
Mr Hunt, whose electorate of Flinders takes in the proposed project site, said he was dismayed by the decision.
“I am deeply disappointed at the Victorian gove…
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