Residents have rallied against a proposed nuclear plant in the Latrobe Valley east of Melbourne ahead of a public hearing into the coalition's energy policy.
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00:00BRAVING THE HEAT AND THE RAIN, MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE GATHERED IN TARALGAN TO PROTEST THE
00:06COALITION'S NUCLEAR PROPOSAL, MANY UNITED BY THEIR CONCERNS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
00:13THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE IS SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED
00:17BY THE COALITION'S PROPOSAL.
00:20THE COALITION SAYS IT WILL BUILD SEVEN REACTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IF IT WINS THE NEXT ELECTION,
00:26PUTTING ONE ON THE SITE OF THE LOYANGAY COAL-FIRED POWER STATION HERE IN THE LATROBE VALLEY EAST
00:31OF MELBOURNE.
00:33THE PROPOSAL GOES AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY, WHICH
00:37LEANS ON WIND AND SOLAR POWER.
00:40AT TODAY'S HEARING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS HEARD FROM LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
00:44GROUPS, INCLUDING THE GIFTSLAND CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK.
00:48A very costly, very expensive technology is being proposed and it really just delays
00:55getting real action on climate.
00:58WHILE MOST SPEAKERS WERE OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF HAVING A NUCLEAR REACTOR IN THEIR BACKYARD,
01:03OTHERS DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THAT WOULD ARISE FROM THE COALITION'S PROPOSAL.
01:09THEY BELIEVE HAVING A REACTOR HERE IN THE LATROBE VALLEY COULD PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED
01:14BOOST TO A REGION THAT IS STRUGGLING THROUGH CHANGING INDUSTRY AND THE CLOSURE OF VICTORIA'S
01:20OLDEST COAL FIRE POWER STATIONS.
01:23THE COMMITTEE WILL TRAVEL TO MELBOURNE TOMORROW BEFORE HEADING TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN
01:28AUSTRALIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES.