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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 accountability
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communications and community engagement
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health in the Latrobe Valley 6
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air quality and wellbeing
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Latrobe Valley coal mine regulation
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Latrobe Valley coal mine rehabilitation bonds 7
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Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy 8
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emergency management planning, response and recovery.
There are 11 actions that were assessed as ongoing in the 2019 IGEM Hazelwood report that are being monitored in this report. They fall under the following themes: •
governance and accountability
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communications and community engagement
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air quality and wellbeing
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Latrobe Valley coal mine regulation
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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 Governance and accountability The Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry triggered a wide-ranging program of reforms across state and local government. To support successful delivery of the recommendations and affirmations of the Inquiry reports, the Victorian Government Implementation Plan set out actions to coordinate implementation and publicly report on progress.
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All actions under this theme were reported as complete in the 2019 IGEM Hazelwood report.
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All actions under this theme were reported as complete in the 2018 IGEM Hazelwood report.
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The five ongoing actions under this theme were monitored by the LVMRC.
