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After learning that Peter Batchlor, Minister for Energy & Resources was planning to build yet another Coal-fired Power Station, a group of concerned citizens took matters into their own hands. Set deep in the Latrobe Valley during a conference that attracted Coal company CEOs from near and far… and one politician.

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A small but spirited demonstration greeted the 2010 Coal and Energy Conference outside Melbourne in Traralgon, Victoria on Tuesday 30th March. The meeting was a $3000 ahead networking opportunity for brown coal industry executives hoping to greenwash their deadly product. Two protestors were arrested and charged with Trespass after they gained entry to the Conference and interrupted State Energy Ministers Peter Batchelors speech.

Protestors arrived early in the morning to greet the executives and Peter Batchelor as they arrived. Calling for an end to the Australian Coal Industry and demanding answers from the Minister for Energy & Resources regarding his attendance at this event and his plans for a new coal fired power station to be built in the Latrobe Valley.

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