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Victorian Planning Minister approves controversial lead battery recycling plant in Latrobe Valley – ABC News
The Victorian planning minister provokes community outrage after stepping in to approve a controversial secondary lead smelter months before a tribunal was due…

Residents of a Gippsland farming community are angry and some say they are considering moving after the Victorian Planning Minister stepped in to approve a secondary lead smelter before a tribunal had the opportunity to review the project.
Key points:
- The Victorian Government has intervened to approve a secondary lead smelter in Gippsland
- VCAT was due to decide whether the project should go ahead after the local council opposed it
- Community members fear lead emissions from the plant, but the proponent…
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