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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Clare McCabe

‘David and Goliath’ battle over waste-to-energy plan in Angus Taylor’s NSW seat generates electoral heat

Angus Taylor Veolia Rohan Thomson New South Wales Simon Reynolds Hume
Sign opposing incinerator in Tarago
Residents in the town of Tarago and surrounding regions are opposing a waste-to-energy incinerator that is planned for the area. Photograph: Rohan Thomson/The Guardian

A controversial plan to harness energy by burning Sydney’s rubbish in the NSW southern tablelands is generating an electoral backlash in the seat of Hume, where the energy minister, Angus Taylor, is facing a challenge from the independent candidate Penny Ackery.

In May 2021, Veolia Environmental Services lodged an application to for approval to develop an Advanced Energy Recovery Centre at the Woodlawn Eco-Precinct west of Tarago, approximately 40km south-west of Goulburn.

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