Thursday, October 2, 2025

VFF statement: In response to reports of some farmers receiving access notices from Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) for their land as part of the VNI West Transmission project

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Brett Hosking, Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) President, Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), Media Release, 2 October 2025

We’ve consistently told TCV they must take a people-first approach and genuinely engage in a meaningful manner.”

“Handing landholders a letter saying they will compulsory access their property to do land surveys flanked by a lawyer is completely tone-deaf and will only further add to mounting opposition to this project.”

“This isn’t engagement, it’s coercion. VNI West is a failed project and it’s time the government went back to the drawing board.”

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