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Farmers to pay government court costs after losing hard-fought Western Highway battle – ABC News
Sisters MairiAnne and Iona Mackenzie’s four-and-a-half year-long battle against a new highway route between Beaufort and Ararat has come to an end.
Two Western Victorian landowners have been ordered to pay the court costs of VicRoads and the state planning minister after losing a Supreme Court battle over the Western Highway duplication project.
Key points:
- Two sheep farmers whose land has been compulsorily acquired have been locked in a four-and-a-half year battle over the Western Highway duplication project
- They argued that two decisions by planning ministers to approve the project were invalid
- They sought to appeal a court decision from last…
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