A letter to Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane

STT Champion, David Brooks, is leading the charge at Gullen Range in NSW - a disaster in the making. Here's a letter David sent recently to Energy Minister Ian Macfarlane.  STT thinks it deserves nothing less than Macca's earnest attention and immediate action in response. Dear Ian Macfarlane I am extremely concerned at reading a … Continue reading A letter to Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane

Planes, trains and automobiles – and giant fans

Research links aircraft noise to higher rates of heart disease The Sydney Morning Herald 11 October 2013 Amy Corderoy, Rachel Browne Exposure to high levels of aircraft noise could put people at risk of developing heart disease and stroke, research has found. The results underline the sensitivity around choosing the site for Sydney’s second airport, … Continue reading Planes, trains and automobiles – and giant fans

Sleep – essential for Good Health

**** Sleep is essential for good health.  THE most prevalent adverse health impact from giant industrial wind turbines is noise related sleep deprivation. We've covered the fact that Industrial Noise - is always and everywhere a public health issue. Here's a letter from Dr William Hallstein, a practising psychiatrist for over 40 years, to the … Continue reading Sleep – essential for Good Health

Money ain’t no “cure”

Guest writer, Jackie Rovensky, is renowned on STT for her comments, which stand out for their erudition, composition and unassailable logic. Here's Jackie in response to our favourite tobacco advertising guru who - once again - has elected to step well out of his limited area of "expertise". Jackie pops him neatly back into his … Continue reading Money ain’t no “cure”

Hell hath no fury like Anne Schafer scorned

**** A few posts back we covered the excellent survey put together by STT Champion, Anne Schafer on the growing public health disaster at AGL's Macarthur wind farm. The turbine noise levels generated not only breach the conditions of AGL's planning consent, but drive the locals nuts night, after sleepless night. Non-compliant wind farms, like … Continue reading Hell hath no fury like Anne Schafer scorned

AGL’s Macarthur victims demand action from their Council

The public health disaster that is AGL's Macarthur wind farm has reached boiling point with 60 of its long-suffering locals calling their local Councilors to account at a heated meeting last Friday - with STT Champion, Annie Gardner leading the charge: Here's one take on proceedings by regional rag, The Standard. Bad vibrations in the … Continue reading AGL’s Macarthur victims demand action from their Council

Sick Again – motion sickness sufferers cop it worst from giant fans

The bi-annual Wind Turbine Noise Conference was held in Denver, in August 2013. The conference is hosted by ICEN: Europe (International Institute of Noise Control Engineering) and looked at 79 research papers about wind turbine noise around the themes of: Low frequency noise and infrasound: Measurements and effects Amplitude modulation Instrumentation Effects of WTN on individuals … Continue reading Sick Again – motion sickness sufferers cop it worst from giant fans

Since giant fans went up – only the bravest drink from my well

**** In our post “The Breakout” we talked about just how sick and tired we all are of crippling wind power driven electricity prices, how those unfortunates stuck with giant fans are sick and constantly tired as a result of incessant and debilitating low-frequency turbine noise - and how the world is growing tired of … Continue reading Since giant fans went up – only the bravest drink from my well

Industrial Noise – is always and everywhere a public health problem

Desperate to prevent the Coalition’s promised investigation into the known and obvious adverse health effects from giant industrial wind turbines - obvious health effects, such as sleep deprivation – STT hears that wind weasels and their parasites have rounded up a few tame turbine hosts at Waubra to try and pooh-pooh the tragic experiences of … Continue reading Industrial Noise – is always and everywhere a public health problem

Sarah Laurie on Alan Jone’s Show

Sarah Laurie was interviewed by Alan Jones last week. Alan has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with close to 2 million listeners Countrywide – AJ as he’s known – is one of those people that leads the political charge … Continue reading Sarah Laurie on Alan Jone’s Show