Category: Protest

Farmers Fight Hexham Plan

Farmers fight windfarm plan 11th May, 2020 By McPherson Media Group, Dairy News Australia Source: https://www.dairynewsaustralia.com.au/news/farmers-fight-windfarm-plan/ DAIRY FARMER angst is growing over plans for a giant wind farm in south-west Victoria. Farmers have joined a Moyne Shire Hexham wind farm community engagement committee and will argue that prime farming land should be kept for farming purposes. Committee … Continue reading Farmers Fight Hexham Plan →

Submissions To Help Willatook

20th July 2022 Written Public Submissions to Victorian Planning on the Environment Effects Statement and planning permit applications close 12th August 2022. See: https://engage.vic.gov.au/willatook-wind-farm-inquiry/ Hi All Wind Farm Living, Moyne Shire The Willatook Wind Farm planning application – To help the Moyne Shire defend our rural lands  they need to know what you think. Do our Councillors … Continue reading Submissions To Help Willatook →

Mumblin WF Tractor Protest

Tractors meet Mumblin Wind Farm proponents at Ecklin Community Hall drop-in meeting 20th June 2022 by Jessica Greenan, The Standard Source: https://www.standard.net.au/story/7786959/fbclid=IwAR0Ioneg7Cho3BCFlGtZk4xqRlXh_qax3dslE0QN9ZK5iKNnUnXI4G-DxQA A convoy of tractors rolled up to a tense meeting between south-west residents and the developers of a wind farm near Cobden on Saturday. A migration of 15 machines with signs including "No … Continue reading Mumblin WF Tractor Protest →

Powerlines & Potatoes

Powerlines and potatoes: the renewable energy transmission project causing angst in central Victoria 2nd May,2022 By Tim McGlone, The Guardian Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/02/powerlines-and-potatoes-the-renewable-energy-transmission-project-causing-angst-in-central-victoria In the central highlands north-west of Melbourne, farmers are fighting plans to install 85-metre towers through their properties Many different handmade signs can be seen along properties in Victoria’s Blampied, but they send … Continue reading Powerlines & Potatoes →

Chalumbin Wind Farm Protest

Chalumbin Wind Farm project near World Heritage rainforest draws protesters in Far North Queensland  13th March, 2022 By Kristy Sexton-McGrath, ABC Far North Source; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-14/chalumbin-wind-farm-fnq-protests-world-heritage-rainforest The proposed wind farm would be built on properties bordering world-heritage rainforest.(Supplied: Steve Nowakowski) There are calls for the Queensland government to stop approving large, foreign-owned wind farm developments in Far North … Continue reading Chalumbin Wind Farm Protest →

Farmers Block AusNet

Farmers block AusNet from accessing properties in proposed transmission corridor 9th March, 2022  By Jane McNaughton, ABC, Vic Country Hour Source; https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-03-09/farmers-block-ausnet-from-properties AusNet representatives called the police when the protesters blocked their path.(Supplied: Lindsay Cooke) Dozens of farmers have gathered at a property north of Ballarat to block energy company AusNet's attempts to conduct a investigation required for the … Continue reading Farmers Block AusNet →