Local energy businesses collaborated to light up site structures recently to commemorate lives lost to family violence.
AGL Loy Yang, Alinta Energy’s Loy Yang B Power Station illuminated cooling towers with purple light to highlight National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day.
The annual candlelight vigil is observed on the evening of the first Wednesday in May around Australia to remember the women and children whose lives have been lost to family violence.
Latrobe City has the highest rate of police callouts related to family violence of any local government area in Victoria.
Of Victoria’s 79 municipalities, four Gippsland local government areas rank in the top 12 for family violence call-outs.
“As a major employer in the Latrobe Valley, AGL Loy Yang is committed to making a collective stance against family violence and to remember lives lost,” AGL Loy Yang general manager, Christo van Niekerk said.
Loy Yang B general manager, Tony Hicks said it was a great show of solidarity that all three of the Valley’s power generators came together to raise awareness about this important issue.
Greg McIntyre, Energy Australia’s Head of Yallourn, said that it was heartening to see the three local generators working closely together to support such an important message, considering the family violence statistics for Gippsland are alarming.
Around 20 AGL Loy Yang employees attended the Traralgon vigil held at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) in Kay St.
