4
Progress update Victorian Government
The Victorian Government Implementation Plan sets out the 246 actions it has committed to undertake to implement the recommendations and affirmations of the Inquiry reports. The actions are grouped numerically under the following themes:
governance and accountability6
communications and community engagement
health in the Latrobe Valley7
air quality and wellbeing
Latrobe Valley coal mine regulation
Latrobe Valley coal mine rehabilitation bonds8
Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy9
emergency management planning, response and recovery.
There are eight actions that were assessed as ongoing in the 2020 IGEM Hazelwood report that are being monitored in this report. They fall under the following themes:
communications and community engagement
air quality and wellbeing
Latrobe Valley coal mine regulation
emergency management planning, response and recovery.
Implementation progress by coal mine operators against Recommendation 19 of the Mine Rehabilitation Inquiry report is reported in Chapter 5. For a full list of all recommendations, affirmations and actions, including those reported as complete in previous IGEM Hazelwood reports, refer to Appendix A.
4.1
Communications and community engagement
The 2014 and 2015–16 Inquiry reports made a number of recommendations and affirmations to enhance the way Victorians receive timely, tailored and relevant public emergency information and warnings so that they can make informed decisions about their safety.
6
All actions under this theme were reported as complete in 2020 IGEM Hazelwood report.
7
All actions under this theme were reported as complete in 2019 IGEM Hazelwood report.
8
All actions under this theme were reported as complete in 2018 IGEM Hazelwood report.
9
The five ongoing actions under this theme were monitored by the LVMRC.
