Dixons Creek and Steels Creek residents joined the Plug the Pipe Muster at Bendigo last week. From left, Brian Mullens, Lyn Mullens, Jenny Noonan, Jim Noonan, and Ivan Waters. 22038 Picture: Contributed.
FARMERS from the Yarra Valley joined the Plug the Pipe Muster at Bendigo to protest against the Sugarloaf Pipeline last week.
Joined by their neighbours from the Murrindindi Shire, local farmers attended the 400 strong protest in cold conditions but were warmed by their continued opposition to the taking of water from the north to the south.
Yea’s Jan Beer and Ken Pattison spoke at the protest.
“There is currently no water in the Bendigo-Ballarat pipeline because of zero allocations,” Ms Beer said.
“Should the proposed north south pipeline proceed there would be no likelihood of any water at all in this pipe as Melbourne would take water before anyone else.”
Plug the Pipe, along with farmers affected by the proposed pipeline, have submitted documents to the Federal Minister for Environment Peter Garrett requesting further investigations into the environmental impacts of the Sugarloaf Pipeline.
