Category: Australia

Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET

Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET

Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships

The medical profession, as a profession, is meant to self-govern and self-regulate its members in order to uphold the highest ethical standards in delivering medical advice, care and treatment. Integral to which is the almost sacred Doctor-Patient Relationship. That relationship requires utmost confidence in the Doctor's ability to act impartially and in the best interests of … Continue reading Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships

Rikki Nicholson: A real person, not just a receptor locator

STT Champion, Rikki Nicholson, shared this letter in response to the recent AMA position statement. Rickki lives in the horrors of the Cape Bridgewater wind farm in Victoria. Open letter Rikki Nicholson 16 March 2014 I am responding to the ill informed rubbish concerning health effects from wind turbines. Sarah Laurie is one of the … Continue reading Rikki Nicholson: A real person, not just a receptor locator

David Mortimer: Wind Turbine Torture at Millicent, South Australia

STT Champion, David Mortimer is the one host that the wind weasels hate. Initially a wind turbine enthusiast, he hosts turbines on his property and collects an income from their operation. When the audible noise of turbine operation proved too much, David built a new home on his property - further away from his turbines. … Continue reading David Mortimer: Wind Turbine Torture at Millicent, South Australia

Australian Medical Association: A National Disgrace

Recently the Australian Medical Association (AMA) released a disgraceful position statement in relation to wind farm noise and health. This is Dr Sarah Laurie's cutting response. AMA statement on wind farms and health Sarah Laurie 14 March 2014 Dear Dr Hambleton and Professor Dobb, I will be formally writing to the AMA Federal Council members on … Continue reading Australian Medical Association: A National Disgrace

The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant

**** Recently the Climate Speculator ran a story with the title, The report that could kill wind power penned by Dr Jenny Riesz. A catchy title, so we thought it warranted further investigation The 'report' was the  Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) report Integrating Renewable Energy - Wind Integration studies, which is a rather lengthy (121 pages) piece … Continue reading The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant

Prof Hansen slams Public Health Authority Australia as misleading and deceptive

Michael Moore is the CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) - a group of ecofacists hell bent on lobbing giant fans in everyone else's backyard, except of course their own.   Michael Moore - along with our favourite tobacco advertising guru - copped an almighty blast from Alby 'The Sheriff' Schultz in … Continue reading Prof Hansen slams Public Health Authority Australia as misleading and deceptive

Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

*** Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown) are DESPERATE to flog their wind farm interests in Australia and head back home to the US. They have a stack of planned and approved wind farms in Victoria and NSW, but haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of building any of them without a Power Purchase Agreement … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

Prof Hansen: 11 good reasons why EPA noise guidelines are rubbish

From the South Australian Environmental Protection Authority web site: The EPA plays a role in protecting the community from exposure to unacceptable noise levels. We set policies and guidelines for industry and the community, and work closely with other organisations such as local councils and police to respond to community concerns about noise. The EPA … Continue reading Prof Hansen: 11 good reasons why EPA noise guidelines are rubbish

The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance

This is a story about facts - and how they are getting in the way of stories being spun by Vestas. They have been caught out before (see our post here) and ignored the real experiences of annoyance from rural folk unfortunate enough to be turbine neighbours (see our Experience page here). So now we … Continue reading The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance