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"We definitely should have been consulted. And up to this point, I don't feel like I have been consulted at all."
Another expresses concern over the erosion of property rights, stating,
"Our property rights have been extensively eroded. I don't think that the government should be behaving the way they are. All Victorians should be and all Australians should be really concerned about this."
Farmers describe their shock and outrage at the sudden and often arbitrary implementation of infrastructure projects such as the VNI West transmission line. They feel as though decisions are being imposed from above, with little regard for their livelihoods or communities. One farmer recounts,