Victorian government ‘bullying and bulldozing' farmers to gain access to their land
The Victorian government is going to penalise farmers who deny access to their land for the construction of the $4 billion VNI West transmission project.
'They have every right to complain, they are being absolutely and totally bulldozed by city-based government bureaucrats,' Mr Plimer told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'Rather than sorting out the power system, they're wanting to bully and bulldoze the farms and wanting to fine them.'
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