	{"id":118634,"date":"2025-08-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=118634"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:31:17","slug":"lara-incinerator-legal-challenge-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/lara-incinerator-legal-challenge-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara incinerator legal challenge fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGAL bid to overturn environmental approval for a proposed waste-to-energy facility in Lara has been rejected by the state&#8217;s planning tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has ruled the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) acted lawfully when it <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/incinerator-approved-opponents-vow-to-keep-fighting\/\">granted a development licence<\/a> for the controversial project in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Bisinella Group launched VCAT action against the project&#8217;s approval shortly after it was granted in 2023, its case arguing legal errors had been made in handling the application put forward by Prospect Hill International (PHI).<\/p>\n<p>The approval process, Bisinella claimed, was flawed in four ways, including a failure to consider important issues, the green light was given without enough detail for others to properly object, and the approval was too vague to be considered valid.<\/p>\n<p>But in a decision handed down in June, VCAT deputy president Carol Daicic dismissed each of Bisinella&#8217;s arguments in turn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, I have found Bisinella has not satisfied me that EPA&#8217;s decision of 6 December 2023 is affected by jurisdictional error,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not persuaded by Bisinella&#8217;s central proposition that, on the balance of probabilities, that either EPA misunderstood its statutory obligations or failed to take into account mandatory relevant considerations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She labelled Bisinella&#8217;s contention &#8220;too simplistic&#8221; and &#8220;not based in evidence&#8221; and suggested it had attempted to &#8220;dress up arguments&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>PHI, meanwhile, likened Bisinella&#8217;s application to a fancy restaurant that has &#8220;duck cooked three ways&#8221;, suggesting the grounds forming the basis for its application were based on the same proposition.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the Bisinella Group will appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-council-seeks-power-to-block-future-waste-incinerators\/\">local opposition to the facility<\/a>, which proposes to incinerate up to 400,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill annually, remains strong.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Parliament earlier this month, Lara MP Ella George <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/lara-incinerator-debate-heats-up\/\">reaffirmed her opposition to the &#8220;reckless&#8221; waste-to-energy facility<\/a>, stating it has &#8220;no social licence&#8221; and she had yet to meet an individual who supported the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lara is not the dumping ground for Melbourne&#8217;s waste. For years now, the Lara community has been fighting against the big incinerator and I am so proud to stand with them every step of the way,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not opposition for opposition&#8217;s sake. We have serious and legitimate concerns about this project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms George said the project had been &#8220;shrouded in secrecy&#8221;, while questions about the potential health and environmental impacts of the facility have remained &#8220;unanswered&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>PHI maintains the facility&#8217;s potential health impacts would be &#8220;low to negligible&#8221; and any emissions from exhaust gases would be &#8220;well below the relevant standards&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGAL bid to overturn environmental approval for a proposed waste-to-energy facility in Lara has been rejected by the state&#8217;s planning tribunal. 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