Dookie zone withdrawn

The petition gathered about 11,000 signatures.

Member for Northern Metropolitan District, Sheena Watt, announced the decision in the Legislative Council late Wednesday afternoon.

Dookie farmers and residents have been campaigning to have the zone withdrawn from the Victorian Transmission plan and were gearing up for a further fight when the official consultation period opened.

The Protect Dookie and Goulburn Valley group, formed in the wake of VicGrid’s announcement of the zone, maintained that the Dookie region was a much too productive farming area to be swallowed up by solar farms and wind generators.