This letter to the Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill (above), was sent on July 18, 2012. A reply was never received. Dear Premier Weatherill, I have written to you previously about continuing problems in my community from the Waterloo wind farm and about Frank Wang’s disputed survey of the 75 households within 5 km … Continue reading Dear Premier Weatherill …
Author: stopthesethings
We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
The crusade of Mary Morris
Mary Morris knew immediately when she was on the right track in her campaign to have houses around Waterloo wind farm tested for low frequency noise and infrasound. It was when the Clean Energy Council began its smear campaign. "They said I was telling people to make up complaints," Mary said today. "That made me … Continue reading The crusade of Mary Morris
The research project that took everyone by surprise (except the residents of Waterloo)
Waterloo wind farm began operation in 2010, comprising 37 turbines. It is located about 30 km from the town of Clare, in the heart of the South Australian wine growing and tourism region. So in the following year when a supervisor at the University of Adelaide suggested a postgraduate student undertake a study into the … Continue reading The research project that took everyone by surprise (except the residents of Waterloo)
So what went wrong with the Ceres wind farm information meeting?
"Their so-called public consultation process is a perfect example of how developers stifle the democratic rights we believe we have - those rights slowly but surely are being taken away by politicians, development proposals and anyone else with dollar signs in their sights." From the Yorke Peninsula Country Times. Mr Thomson is a former mayor … Continue reading So what went wrong with the Ceres wind farm information meeting?
Now finally, the truth laid bare
This television report was broadcast within the last 24 hours. It makes compelling viewing. It marks an unprecedented move by the Environmental Protection Agency in South Australia to begin testing residences near Waterloo wind farm. The investigation will include the measurement of infrasound and low frequency noise, down to 0.25 Hz, inside and outside homes, … Continue reading Now finally, the truth laid bare
Delingpole: ‘There is a God’
By James Delingpole Richard Dawkins you are WRONG. There IS definitely a God – and for proof, look no further than His decision to topple a ruddy great wind turbine at Bradworthy in Devon just a day before my first ever appearance on Question Time. With luck, this will mean a wind turbine question pops … Continue reading Delingpole: ‘There is a God’
They deny, but we always knew
Don Jelbart (pic from The Oz) The Australian, Feb 1, 2013 By Pia Akerman A VICTORIAN council has conceded that a wind farm development still in its early stages has slashed the land value of its neighbours, and agreed their land rates should be cut. In what is believed to be an Australian first, South … Continue reading They deny, but we always knew
Let the (wind farm) games begin
Forget Question Time in Parliament. That’s just theatre. And forget about the door stops, when politicians front a barrage of microphones outside the doors of the House of Representatives or the Senate. That’s spin: scripted messages delivered to create a perception. And most news stories? That's journalists rehashing "stuff" from their "sources". It's a back-scratch … Continue reading Let the (wind farm) games begin
I am James Lovelock
I am an environmentalist and founder member of the Greens but I bow my head in shame at the thought that our original good intentions should have been so misunderstood and misapplied. We need take care that the spinning windmills do not become like the statues on Easter Island, monuments of a failed civilisation. December … Continue reading I am James Lovelock
Alby Schultz, Australia’s Don Quixote
Political retirements are a little like funerals. It might be the first time someone actually says something nice about you. So we thought we'd get in early. Member for Hume Alby Schultz announced last year his political retirement at the next election. He was elected to NSW state parliament in 1988 before switching to federal … Continue reading Alby Schultz, Australia’s Don Quixote
