[Greens-Media] Greens bid on Alcoa smelter secrecy laws blocked by government and Labor

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

The Victorian government and opposition joined forces to vote down a 
Greens move to release a public health and air emissions report related to 
the Alcoa Anglesea coal mine and power station, last night in Victorian 
Parliament.

"The Baillieu government has damaged the solar and wind industries, but 
coal mining is so special, they gang up with Labor against the Greens and 
the Anglesea community."

"The government and Labor don't agree with me on releasing this report, 
but it could be that we all agree on one issue, which is that hundreds of 
millions of dollars in subsidies to Alcoa in cheap electricity are 
unlikely to continue. Alcoa uses renewable energy overseas. It remains to 
be seen whether they will stick around when the coal power subsidies 
disappear." 

Mr Barber moved a Private Member's Bill to remove Alcoa's special 
exemption from freedom of information laws. This provision was recently 
used by the EPA to deny his request for release of a health and air impact 
assessment for the Anglesea coal mine and power station. 

For comment: Greg Barber: 0433 044 771

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Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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