Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Deputy President Teresa Bisucci last moth determined that VCAT has the power to consider amendments to the applications in the case between Rubicon Station Pty Ltd and Goulburn Valley Water.

The case involves a licence to use and take water, and a licence to construct works on a waterway. The company seeks a review of GMW’s decisions to refuse licences.

The company wants to construct a mini-hydro station comprising a weir, offtake to a buffer dam, turbine, settling pond and outlet.