The Victorian Government recognises the importance of the Latrobe Valley to the State’s economy and the enormous contribution the region’s businesses and communities make to Victoria’s prosperity. This is why we are actively responding to mitigate against the effects of the national carbon tax, and establishing a long-term plan for investment and jobs growth in the Latrobe Valley.

The introduction of a carbon tax is designed to encourage the premature closure of the Latrobe Valley’s brown coal-fired power stations. It will directly affect many workers, and have consequences for casual workers and local businesses reliant on the power industry. It will also affect other resource industries important to the region. Change on this scale will take years to unfold and will be felt by families, individuals, businesses and communities
throughout the Latrobe Valley.