Victorian government-owned Port of Hastings Corporation is spending $100,000 in public funds on external lawyers to fight the release of documents regarding the state’s offshore wind projects that are beset by huge delays.
The state government’s tenders website shows the port awarded Hall & Wilcox an eight-month contract, dated October 7, to prepare for and attend Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearings as part of a two-year freedom of information battle believed to be with the state opposition.
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