Environment & Planning
Victorian Transmission Investment Framework Preliminary Design
The VFF welcomes the opportunity to reaffirm its position of February 2019 that there is an urgent need for a state-wide strategic plan for renewable energy, including transmission and distribution. We believe this plan should not be a once in…
Review of regulation for waste tyre use and storage on farms
This submission has been prepared in consultation with our dairy farmer members and the national rural research and development corporation for the dairy industry, Dairy Australia (DA). The VFF supports the DA’s submission and the range of relevant guidance given…
Submission to Draft Declared Mine Regulations 2022
Mining rehabilitation is an area where the VFF believes there could be improvements through better recognition of the thoughts of the landholder in the process. We are aware that these regulations and the RIS primarily address 3 large coal mines…
Electricity transmission company land access Statement of Expectations
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a submission to the draft Electricity transmission company land access Statement of Expectations. VFF is the peak advocacy body representing farmers and agricultural industry interests in Victoria. Farmers are unfairly disadvantaged by the…
Bushfire Planning made clearer: Options for Victoria’s Planning System
The Victorian Farmers Federation is the peak body representing Victorian agriculture. VFF is concerned that although the Victorian Planning System applies to all land in Victoria the administration of the planning system has become increasingly urban, despite the rural suite…
The new contaminated land duties: Duty to Manage and Duty to Notify
The Victorian Farmers Federation is the peak body representing Victorian agriculture. VFF has been on the record regarding our concerns in relation to lack of regulatory knowledge and considerations in relation to agriculture and the GED and the appropriateness of…
Guideline for Managing Greenhouse Gas
The Victorian Farmers Federation is the peak body representing Victorian agriculture. VFF has been on the record regarding our concerns in relation to lack of regulatory knowledge and considerations in relation to agriculture and the GED and the appropriateness of…
Victorian Preparedness Strategy
What is the fatal flaw underpinning the current preparedness strategy? While the preparedness strategy remains sound, it is clear the current system does not deliver the focus the Overview of the 2016 document aimed to achieve. For agriculture we are…