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A man with a moustache on left, couple at their store's cash register in centre and woman wearing pink and black jacket

A "land for wildlife" sign sits in a hedge.

Yvonne is standing in her garden wearing a black and pick checked jacket

Photo of a power plant, with concrete cylinders and smoke against a grey sky

"I was born in Traralgon and it's been a whole lifetime of having power stations on my doorstep,"
she said.
That was until Loy Yang A was named as Dutton reveals seven sites for proposed nuclear power plants if elected.

"We've got big cracks in our driveway from the last earthquake we had."

Christopher standing in a Harley Davidson long-sleeved t-shirt on his front porch.

Nuclear power station chimneys

"If the government says they're doing it, they usually do it. You don't get much of a say in this day and age."

Transmission towers and lines passing through the Latrobe Valley

"I could see that as holding house values down."
Latrobe City mayor Graeme Middlemiss standing outside the council offices

The couple stands at the counter of their general store, smiling

"It's not helpful for a small business."
A road lined with gum trees and grass

A road sign with Loy Yang, Yarram and Traralgon on it.

"That effect hasn't fully been realised yet."

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