So Tammy, when was this approved and did you know it was happening? So we

received a letter which was on the 9th of October and what that letter said to us was that the Minister was advising Council that she had decided to prepare an amendment to our Yarrabiak planning scheme and and to exercise the power under section 20-4 of the Planning and Environment Act, which then would exempt her from the notice and exhibition requirements of the Act and regulations for the amendment and pretty much to adopt and approve the project.

We weren't 100% sure exactly what that meant and whether there would be what those conditions and controls would be in the planning scheme amendment.

And then we were notified by the media on the following Thursday morning that it had actually been approved and there was a media release

council feel about being left out of the decision-making process at the end of the day?

So what we thought was going to happen, we thought that there would be a fast-track planning permit process.

So we've gone through the environmental effects statement process and then following that We believed and were led to believe that we would be able to participate in the fast-track planning permit process.

So that would have given Council and the community the ability to make further submissions in regards to the project and also address any of the matters that were raised through the EES, like the environmental effects statement process.