Category: Campaigns

PRESS RELEASE – The Wind Power Fraud Rally: June 18, 2013, Parliament House, Canberra

PRESS RELEASE: 7 MAY 2013 Wind Power Fraud – Australia Can’t Afford it Power bills have sky-rocketed and are set to double again - and all because of wind power. Wind turbines are going up throughout rural Australia in an effort to satisfy the Federal Government’s 2020 Renewable Energy Target (RET). Every turbine is issued … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE – The Wind Power Fraud Rally: June 18, 2013, Parliament House, Canberra

Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud

STT champion and pin-up girl, Annie Gardner says it louder and better than most, so we say: “hats off”. At a meeting in Hamilton last week, Annie gave Tony Abbott a “heads-up” on the REC fraud going on at Waubra (which we’ll cover in another post soon). But never one to rest, here’s what Annie … Continue reading Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud

The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud

A little while ago one of our readers posted a comment including what would appear to be a fairly simple question, The Callous Wind wrote: I have a request for STT. Would you be able to please explain to us mere mortals, how the REC’s do actually work? There seems to be a lot of … Continue reading The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud

Cyclone Tracey – an ill wind blows for “I love Nacelles Napthine”

Poor old Denis.  The Premier of Victoria really has got off to a flying start. He has already pinned his colours to a 100m turbine tower at Macarthur, enraging the long suffering residents there.  His pathetic showing at Macarthur, as reported in The Standard has only helped to spur the rent-seekers and subsidy addicts to whinge … Continue reading Cyclone Tracey – an ill wind blows for “I love Nacelles Napthine”

The “Squirrel Grip”: Stockyard Hill Style

From the battle hardened members of STT we know that you are wasting your breath when you spend time trying to talk sense into State Governments, their Planning Departments and EPAs - sure enough they make decisions that ruin many a great community, but they ain't "the money" - that all comes out of Canberra … Continue reading The “Squirrel Grip”: Stockyard Hill Style

Battle to stop TasWind plan to curdle King Island cream

An article from Sharon Twomey from Stock and Land HIGH levels of infrasound was one of the key subjects discussed by farmers at a TasWind community meeting in King Island last Friday. The community meeting is just one of many in relation to a 600-megawatt wind farm proposed for the island by State-owned company Hydro … Continue reading Battle to stop TasWind plan to curdle King Island cream

June 18, 2013 – this is the time

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." Winston ChurchillSTT says it is time to stop pussyfooting around.While it’s safe to assume the Coalition will cruise to victory in September, don’t assume they are on our side.  It’s time to put them in the spotlight and find out precisely where they stand. Dark forces … Continue reading June 18, 2013 – this is the time

The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …

This is disturbing footage. Compare Denis Napthine, smiling and in his suit, repeating the fraudulent jobs mantra, with Anne Gardner talking about the affects of Macarthur wind farm on her family and her community. "We're desperate," she says. "We don't know what to do. We can't live in our homes and we can't go on." … Continue reading The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …