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Community group challenges Victoria's energy minister in court over Western Renewables Link

Signs like this are dotted across the region where the Western Renewables Link is proposed. (ABC Ballarat: Lexie Jeuniewic)

A community group is taking its fight against major transmission line projects in Victoria's west to the Supreme Court by challenging the state's energy and resources minister.

The Moorabool and Central Highlands Power Alliance (MCHPA) said an order made by Minister Lily D'Ambrosio in February, which fast-tracked the Western Renewables Link (WRL) and Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West (VNI West) projects, was not valid.

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