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Has AGL Gained Government Support for Their Crib Point Proposal By Has AGL gained Government support for their Crib Point proposal by exaggerating the threat of imminent gas shortages, and the capacity for gas imports to reduce the price of the commodity? In media reports and public consultations, AGL consistently overstated their commitment to providing ‘energy security’ to Victorian families. In 2019 AGL wrote to Westernport’s residents “The EES is Victoria’s most rigorous and transparent planning process and we are ​ willing to be held accountable to this process. Once we have completed the full environment assessment required by the government, we will have a better understanding of these impacts. The EES will investigate a variety of matters, including the impact the proposed project may have on the marine environment, local businesses and greenhouse gas emissions. We will follow all assessment requirements that are asked of us by the Victorian Government and all regulatory bodies. We are willing to be held to these standards.” But rather than being accountable, we have seen AGL attempt to avoid addressing these issues In addition AGL had applied for EPA SEPP waste water standards to be dropped to enable their project . AGL’s submission to the EPA on SEPP https://www.water.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/394971/AGL.pdf In May 2020 AGL CEO Brett Redman claimed the Victorian Government should fast track their gas import proposal. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-urged-to-halt-agl-s-floating-gas-te rminal-approval-bid-20200506-p54qdf.html In addition AGL has not been transparent about the need for gas, overstating the gas shortage in a public fear campaign, and leaving it to the public to make the connection between their effort to import gas and new gas fired power stations. AGL stated “In July 2017, we announced a $295 million investment to develop a 210 MW reciprocating engine power station, the Barkers Inlet Power Station” (in South Australia) The Crib Point Gas Import Jetty Project was launched just weeks later in August 2017 A few months later, in 2018 a further gas Fired Power Station was announced by AGL in NSW. https://www.agl.com.au/about-agl/media-centre/asx-and-media-releases/2018/april/n ew-gas-fired-power-station-in-nsw In May 2019 members of Save Westernport met with members of the AGL Board. During this meeting the AGL representatives stated categorically that NONE of the ​ ​ gas imported through their proposed AGL gas import facility would be used in gas fired power generation. However in late 2019 YET ANOTHER gas fired power station was announced by Pipeline company APA https://www.apa.com.au/news/media-statements/2019/apa-project-selected-for-gove rnment-power-scheme/ No Information has been provided about WHERE AGL PROPOSES SOURCING THE GAS to fuel these enormous projects for the next several decades. When questioned about this in mid 2018, AGL representatives Jay Gleeson did not detail AGL's recently announced Newcastle plans, but stated “AGL has been able to achieve the necessary confidence to progress this investment in part due to the anticipated capacity of the Crib Point Project (or other import jetties) to ensure secure supply.” https://docs.google.com/file/d/1HGOBt8onWzrHfkNSGGkPe2NPtVit6Enn/edit?usp=d ocslist_api&filetype=msword It should be noted that this significant commitment by AGL to fossil fuel derived energy is at complete odds with that corporation’s “GREEN” and sustainable goals that are widely publicised and promoted in their 2017 Sustainability Policy and in their extensive public advertising. The point is HOW CAN A CORPORATION be trusted that so blatantly misleads the public and shareholders with promises of transparency and accountability while and completely misrepresenting their operations and future direction? AGL has been CONVICTED FOR DECEPTIVE AND MISLEADING CONDUCT https://www.smh.com.au/business/agl-fined-1-5m-for-door-knocking-lies-20130521-2 jy30.html Previous AGL executive Phaedra Deckart said : The other key challenge area is getting the local community to accept the LNG import facility in their backyard. It is a challenge we haven’t underestimated. Nobody wants new infrastructure in their neighbourhood, no matter how badly its needed. We have learnt from our experience in coal seam gas development, that simply getting your supporters on side and trying to convince an apathetic general public of the benefits of a project isn’t enough. ​ Working with those most concerned -- and therefore strongly opposed to the project -- has been our key focus. To date we have held around 30 open public meetings with local community groups --sometimes as large as 200 people -- to acknowledge and respond to their concerns. We have tried to move beyond simple transparency, to a more straightforward honesty and frankness, in which all our draft environmental and technical assessments -- even when we don’t yet have all the answers and when we don’t like the findings -- have been provided to the community and environment groups. They have had access to our draft reports well before they have been provided to regulators and the government. The aim of our engagement is not to try and change the community’s minds with the facts, but to build trust by showing we are willing to be accountable for the inherent risks a FRSU and pipeline will bring to a community. Ultimately, by working with them to solve the problems together, we want them to win under conditions the project can live with. https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/46-LNG19-04April2019-Deckart- Phaedra-paper.pdf This 2018 AGL ASX stock exchange media release announced Port of Hastings plans to begin construction on Crib Point Jetty—EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED. https://www.agl.com.au/about-agl/media-centre/asx-and-media-releases/2018/june/a gl-reaches-key-milestones-for-proposed-lng-import-jetty AGL’s Online Community Engagement Forum https://community.agl.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/22347 AGL’s approach to stakeholder engagement is outlined in the AGL 2019 Sustainability report https://www.agl.com.au/about-agl/sustainability/sustainability-performance “It can be summarised in terms of leaving a positive legacy; AGL will strive to make a net positive social, economic and environmental contribution to the communities in which we operate. AGL’s community engagement commitments that operate under this framework are that AGL will: ● Be proactive: we will engage with communities early and often, so that we understand and respond to their interests and concerns. ● Be "exible and inclusive: we will o#er a range of engagement opportunities that are tailored to the variety of needs and preferences of the communities in which we operate. ● Be transparent: we will act honestly and ethically in all our dealings with the communities in which we operate. ● Support our employees and contractors to engage well: we will provide tools, peer support and training to enable our staff to deliver on our commitment. ● Continuously improve our engagement: we will evaluate the e#ectiveness of our engagement and modify it as needed to ensure that our activities address community needs and expectations.” AGL ‘Community fund’ JS: AGL has offered “bribes” and gifts of cash to select Community groups in and around Crib Point, an area their Social Impact Assessment called “financially disadvantaged” It would be good to find out whether the “sponsorships” with an option to extend have been extended? AGL rep Kelly Parkinson confirmed that these amounts have already been paid in this email to a member of Save Westernport on the 7th Nov 2018: He wrote Sorry it’s taken me a while to get answers on the sponsorships because I haven’t had any real involvement in them (I’m not a supporter of them in general). At this stage the two agreed sponsorships are for one year with the option to extend to another two years. The current sponsorships agreed and/or requested amounts are: • Peninsula Arts Festival $50,000 (agreed - a new event for Hastings as previously advised) • Hastings Gift $16,000 (agreed - a new event for Hastings as previously advised) • Crib Point Sports Club (Football, Netball, Cricket) $50,000 (requested ) • Western Port Seagrass Partnership $5,000 (requested) • Environment Week (local support requested but it’s not clear what the amount is yet) AGL’s Community engagement policy is particularly hollow in light of what the Westernport community has been put through.. “AGL is committed to developing and maintaining good relationships with the local communities in which we operate. We believe in more listening, less talking. AGL’s approach to stakeholder engagement is outlined in the Sustainability Report, AGL 2019 Sustainability report https://www.agl.com.au/about-agl/sustainability/sustainability-performance It can be summarised in terms of leaving a positive legacy; AGL will strive to make a net positive social, economic and environmental contribution to the communities in which we operate. AGL’s community engagement commitments that operate under this framework are that AGL will: ● Be proactive: we will engage with communities early and often, so that we understand and respond to their interests and concerns. ● Be "flexible and inclusive: we will o#er a range of engagement opportunities that are tailored to the variety of needs and preferences of the communities in which we operate. ● Be transparent: we will act honestly and ethically in all our dealings with the communities in which we operate. ● Support our employees and contractors to engage well: we will provide tools, peer support and training to enable our sta# to deliver on our commitment. ● Continuously improve our engagement: we will evaluate the e#ectiveness of our engagement and modify it as needed to ensure that our activities address community needs and expectations.
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