How to Spot Wind Industry Lies: Watch their Lips Move & Noses Grow

Back in September last year we covered the antics of another foreign owned wind power outfit struggling to come to grips with the fact that Australian rural communities have had – as they say – ‘a gutful’ of the wind industry’s lies, treachery and deceit. And they’ve especially had enough of the bully-boy, stand-over tactics … Continue reading How to Spot Wind Industry Lies: Watch their Lips Move & Noses Grow

Angus Taylor MP: Retailer Boycott – Wind Farms will NOT be Built where there is ‘Negative Community Reaction’

**** Angus Taylor, the Liberal Federal Member for Hume gave a wind industry scorching interview on Alan Jones' Breakfast show on 2GB last week. For Australian rural communities fighting the threat of these things, STT thinks that what Angus had to say is the best news that they will have heard, since their battles began. … Continue reading Angus Taylor MP: Retailer Boycott – Wind Farms will NOT be Built where there is ‘Negative Community Reaction’

NSW Minister – Pru Goward – Joins Forces with Community Defenders to Kill Plans for Trustpower’s Rye Park Wind Farm Disaster

**** A week or so back we covered the antics of another foreign owned wind power outfit struggling to come to grips with the fact that Australian rural communities have had – as they say – ‘a gutful’ of the wind industry’s lies, treachery and deceit. And they’ve especially had enough of the bully-boy, stand-over … Continue reading NSW Minister – Pru Goward – Joins Forces with Community Defenders to Kill Plans for Trustpower’s Rye Park Wind Farm Disaster

Rye Park Rumble: 91% of Locals Hostile to Trustpower’s Planned Wind Farm Disaster

A week or so back we covered the antics of another foreign owned wind power outfit struggling to come to grips with the fact that Australian rural communities have had - as they say - ‘a gutful’ of the wind industry’s lies, treachery and deceit. And they’ve especially had enough of the bully-boy, stand-over tactics … Continue reading Rye Park Rumble: 91% of Locals Hostile to Trustpower’s Planned Wind Farm Disaster

Wind Industry Belting its ‘Message’ Home: Trustpower’s Thugs Assault 79-Year-Old Pensioner & Disabled Farmer

Remember all those glowing stories about wind power outfits being welcomed into rural communities with open arms? You know, tales about how farmers are dying to have turbines lined up all over their properties? How locals can’t wait to pick up some of the thousands of permanent, high paying jobs on offer? How developers are … Continue reading Wind Industry Belting its ‘Message’ Home: Trustpower’s Thugs Assault 79-Year-Old Pensioner & Disabled Farmer

Unwilling Turbine Hosts Set to Revolt, as NSW Planning Minister – Pru Goward – Slams Spanish Fan Plans at Yass

**** Planning Minister, Pru Goward has just slammed the bag on Spanish backed wind-scammer, Epuron’s plans to carpet the rolling hills west of Yass, on the New South Wales tablelands, with giant fans. Epuron’s plans for the Yass Valley Wind farm go way back to 2009 and, had it ever got off the ground, would … Continue reading Unwilling Turbine Hosts Set to Revolt, as NSW Planning Minister – Pru Goward – Slams Spanish Fan Plans at Yass

Angus Taylor Joins the Wind Farm Rumble to Save Rugby & Rye Park

A little while back, in covering what "community division" caused by wind farms really means, we touched on a developer's "community consultation" that took place at Rye Park (near Goulburn) in NSW (see our post here). The “community consultation” in question was held by Epuron – an outfit hoping to develop what it calls the … Continue reading Angus Taylor Joins the Wind Farm Rumble to Save Rugby & Rye Park

Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW

When it was in power the New South Wales State Labor government stripped opponents of their right to appeal against wind farm developments – why let people have a say, hey? The Liberal (Coalition) government has finally moved to restore them – with developers reacting with their characteristic childish impertinence. Development applications have been handled … Continue reading Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW

Real Farmers get shafted at the expense of Big Wind

Member for Hume, Alby Schultz spelled out the potential risk to light aircraft safety in this post. Alby spoke about the veteran flyer, Ted MacIntosh's unsettling experience of being caught unexpectedly by turbine turbulence being generated 9km away. But not only do aerial spray contractors have to keep a healthy distance between their machines and … Continue reading Real Farmers get shafted at the expense of Big Wind