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By David McCord, Long Island Point Plant Manager. It’s an exciting time at LIP Plant as we continue to progress approvals for the Hastings Generation Project, an innovative project for managing excess ethane which once underway, will result in less flaring, reduced emissions and much needed power generated for the community. As part of the project, we are investing more than $120 million in the best available technology which can use ethane as a fuel in the near term and has the potential to use hydrogen in the future. This will ensure that as the energy transition takes shape in Australia, Esso operations remain efficient and meet local energy needs while reducing environmental impacts. Further to this, we continue to invest in other major projects which will deliver critical domestic gas supplies to power Australian jobs, homes and industry, as we have done for over 50 years. We are currently experiencing high levels of flaring due to unexpected critical maintenance at our ethane customer’s facility which has resulted in a temporary change to the way we operate at LIP. Esso regrets any inconvenience that this may have caused the community. We have also been advised that this customer will need to undertake further maintenance from mid-February for a month, which will result in further flaring. We will be looking to inform and consult with the community in January, and we will advertise a community drop-in session in January.
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events such as concerts, markets and community festivals,” he said. “During our recent consultation with the community on the draft master plan, the concept of a flexible events area was welcomed by the majority of those we spoke to.” A council drop-in session on an outdoor entertainment structure in 2019 showed widespread support for the sound shell plan, with proponents hoping it could be used for school sports, local events and displays, the Westernport Festival, Carols by Candlelight and other occasional larger scale events.
Continued from Page 1 “Together, we made a conscious choice not to answer ‘those’ questions around your personal beliefs, from the local media and others who sought to do harm rather than genuinely understand. It was undignified and beneath you Briony,” Clencie wrote. The News was one of several media organisations that unsuccessfully sought comment from Hutton (and later Clencie) about her links to church groups and Liberal Upper House candidate Renee Heath, a member of the City Builders Church who Liberal leader Mathew Guy had said would be banned from the party room if elected (“Liberals full of promise, all quiet on Labor front” The News 10/10/22). Heath was elected and the ban has since been overturned. “We are a nation of Christians, Muslims, Catholics, Hindus and non-believers. Your beliefs Briony are one of mutual respect, interest and understanding. Not hate, nor judgement. To those who tried and continue to sow conflict, they choose to destroy instead of to build. Shame on them,” Clencie’s post continued. Elsewhere on the peninsula Nepean was won by Liberal Sam Groth, after being held for one term by Labor’s Chris Brayne; and Liberal Chris Crewther won Mornington, held by fellow Liberal David Morris since 2006 (“Turf war splits peninsula Liberals” The News 22/8/22). Kate Lardner, who stood as an independent in Mornington, received 22.42% of first preference votes, ahead of Labor’s Georgia Fowler, 21.98%, but lost to Crewther by 1.4% after distribution of preferences. “We see victory not in crossing the finish line first, but in giving people in our community hope for a better way of doing politics,” Lardner said, adding that her team had “achieved a significant shift in our community towards active democracy”. “But we still have much work to do in engag-
Barbecue in comfort HASTINGS MP Paul Mercurio posted a short video from his hospital bed after udergoing surgery for a heart complaint. ing people further, for future elections. “I'm not sure what will come out of this movement we have created, but I look forward to being a part of it and seeing where it ends up.”
Sound shell sunk THE much anticipated Hastings foreshore sound shell concept has been scrapped due to state government concerns over flooding risks and rising sea levels. The community-led proposal to build an entertainment sound shell has been part of a revised foreshore precinct for several years, but the plan has been left out of the just-released new Hastings foreshore master plan. Shire mayor Cr Steve Holland said that while plans for a sound shell were “not supported” by the state government due to the flood risks, there was provision in the master plan for an open events area. “We have ensured the Hastings foreshore master plan includes a large open area set aside for
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