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Tchelery Wind Farm

Edward River

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Construction and operation of a wind farm with up to 74 wind turbines, energy storage and associated infrastructure.

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This project is a controlled action under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and will be assessed under the bilateral agreement between the NSW and Commonwealth Governments, or an accredited assessment process. For more information, refer to the Australian Government's website.

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Save Our Surroundings Lancefield
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Lancefield , Victoria
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There is a Health Crisis Looming from Noise, Shadow Flicker & Chemical Exposure
Residents suffer sleeplessness, anxiety, nausea, and other symptoms.
Chemicals and noise pollution are wrongly being dismissed by authorities and media.
This is systemic negligence disguised as “clean energy.”
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LAKE ALBERT , New South Wales
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Continued ->
**https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/02/13/environmental-tests-reveal-elevated-levels-of-toxic-metals-since-moss-landing-battery-fire/

**https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/environmental-tests-reveal-battery-metals-around-20163514.php

**https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/elevated-levels-heavy-metals-elkhorn-slough-lithium-battery-facility-fire/

**Battery recycling plant explodes - twice. (What it means for you.) | Auto Expert John Cadogan - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-nzOJ01Fkc

**https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=9402
“There is a general lack of guidance and provisions in building codes, standards, and legislation in relation to safety to address the potential risks from these emerging technologies. Part of the problem is that we do not yet know enough about their probability of failure, their mechanisms of failure and potential consequences of failure.”

**”PFOS and PFOS-related chemicals are still being produced for regulated uses (primarily in China)”
https://greensciencepolicy.org/our-work/building-materials/pfas-in-building-materials/

**Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.
Taking over farmland to build facilities to produce intermittent energy is a violation of Article 2, Section 1(b) of the Paris Agreement (2015).
Article 2 1(b) of the 2015 Paris Agreement states:
“This Agreement... aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by:
“(b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development,  IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT THREATEN FOOD PRODUCTION”; See: https://unfccc.int/files/essential_background/convention/application/pdf/english_paris_agreement.pdf .

**Livestock Production Assurance Program
The particular question is 2.8 of the "Food Safety on Your Property" section. 

*”Do livestock have access to leaking electrical transformers, capacitors, hydraulic equipment, solar panels, wind turbines, coal seam gas structures or coal mine wastes?"*

- Yes
- No
- I am now aware and making plans to restrict access

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2147446775628698/posts/2222816628091712/ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2222816628091712&id=2147446775628698

**NHMRC Updated Australian Drinking Water Guidelines - 25 June 2025, including:
• revised chemical fact sheets on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), selenium, lead and manganese
• an information sheet on metals and metalloids leaching from plumbing products
• a new chemical fact sheet on bismuth
• a new combined chemical fact sheet on silicon and silica
• consequential edits to the Guidelines to align advice and ensure consistency.
The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines webpage
New and revised health-based guideline values and advice has been developed for the following PFAS to reduce health risks from exposure to these chemicals in Australian drinking water:
* PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid): 200 ng/L
* PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid): 8 ng/L
* PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonic acid): 30 ng/L
* PFBS (perfluorobutane sulfonic acid): 1000 ng/L
* GenX chemicals (hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt): no health-based guideline value can be derived at this time
PFAS Project webpage has been updated to include an overview of the PFAS review, highlighting the guideline development process, associated health risks, and other key related information.
Contact [email protected]
Alan Singh
Executive Director, Research Quality and Advice
National Health and Medical Research Council

**World Health Organization now lists two PFAS as carcinogens or possible carcinogens: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a Group 1 carcinogen and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as a Group 2B carcinogen.

**A range of PFAS is also subject to the Stockholm Convention for the protection of human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (ie, PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA and potentially all long chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids). 

**COMMONWEALTH PFAS BAN
Some types have been found to be toxic to human health and the environment. In its most definitive regulatory action taken to date, the Commonwealth has effectively banned the import, use and manufacture of some of the more prominent types of PFAS (PFOS, PFOA and PFHxS) 
from 1 July 2025.
(21 Feb 2024)

**Economic Disaster - Energy Poverty - NO Consumer Benefits ->

**”The idea that Adding More & More Renewable Energy to the Grid Pushes Power Prices Down has been Comprehensively Dismissed."
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/peta-credlin/governments-insistence-on-renewables-amid-soaring-power-prices-lashed/video/86bd230860f5514d1e587239c6b913ab

**BLACKOUT BOWEN ..... the last man standing …
.....his energy plans built on hopeful hand waving!
A Slow Motion Train-wreck…..
Will start turning off roof-top solar THIS year
Assumed falsehoods …..
AEMO is just parroting the Energy Minister ....
The wheels will continue to come off …..
.....the lower decks of the Titanic are flooding …..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYIrjRkX9M&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYIrjRkX9M&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5t

**Energy Transition Masquerade: The $360 Billion You Pay - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0NKDozvO58

**National Security Nightmare!
The Government has no measures to protect new energy sources from malicious actors!

**Rogue Communication Devices Found in Chinese Inverters
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/ghost-machine-rogue-communication-devices-found-chinese-inverters-2025-05-14/

**Beautifully Hackable - Irina Slav on Energy - 12/8/24
https://irinaslav.substack.com/p/beautifully-hackable?utm_campaign=email-post&utm_source=substack

**U.S Blacklists Chinese Battery Giant
“These batteries are used in electric vehicles here in Australia,” Mr Danby said.
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/us-military-is-concerned-america-blacklists-chinese-battery-giant-over-military-links/video/765e12fec5e3b837a5e606e40371a7f9

**Australia’s Climate Ambitions have a Modern Slavery Problem - ASPI
Editors' picks for 2024: 'Australia’s climate ambitions have a modern slavery problem: examining the origins of our big batteries'
aspistrategist.org.au

**CCP-tied group is quietly fueling US-based climate initiatives: tax filings
'Environmentalists fueled by China are promoting policies that would increase our dependence on China'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ccp-tied-group-quietly-fueling-us-based-climate-initiatives-tax-filings
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LAKE ALBERT , New South Wales
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TCHELERY WIND + BESS IS A POISONOUS, ENERGY POVERTY, SABOTAGING PLAN - just like the whole FAKE GREEN RenewaBULL FRAUD & Chinese Communist Party CONtrolling Interconnector Nightmare - that’s based on the TOTALLY FUDGED NSW ELECTRICITY (RenewaBULL) INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP - that can only be described by the most credible of Electrical Engineering Experts as “SHAMBOLIC POLICY MAKING, DANGEROUS TO GRID OPERATION & TOTALLY MAD!!” (Paul Miskelly.)

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REIGN SUPREME BEHIND THIS DISASTROUS, GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT, FAKE GREEN SWINDLE - orchestrated by the CROOKED FAKE GREEN SWAMP, enabled by the ROTTEN REGULATOR, implemented by PREDATORY BULLY TRANSGRID - led by the present CLIMATE CHANGE AUTHORITY CHAIR & his previous staff - now one of the so called NEM PANEL ‘EXPERTS’ & another - the ACTING CEO of AEMC - who’s SETTING THE ELECTRICITY RULES FOR AUSTRALIA!

It’s pretty fishy that this Climate Change Authority Chair - who advises the Federal Government on Emissions Targets is Director, Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Wollemi Capital and Rest Super has just invested $230 M of members superannuation with Wollemi Capital!

And what about HMC Capital - the deferred cutoff for their 'Energy Transition Platform', chaired by one of our ex P.Ms. - to settle on their deal to acquire a billion-dollar portfolio of renewable energy assets from Neoen Australia, acquired by Brookfield.
Levelised Energy Cost comparison fudgers Lazards (previously substantial investors in Cheung Kong subsidiary Spark Infrastructure) were trying to sell the portfolio.
Just four days before a deadline to close the purchase - another 8GW expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) was reported - fortuitously re-rating the value - with us ripped-off taxpayers unjustly forced to underwrite revenues of many more ECOCIDAL, ENERGY POVERTY - SWINDLE FACTORY MONSTROSITIES - that we’re all vehemently objecting to.
Fancy that hey, previously, ‘just six days after they had rushed to close the deal to buy Neoen's Victorian assets on 5th December 2024,’ the Energy Minister ‘announced that one of their largest development projects,’ Kentbruck Wind - ‘would be underwritten by the CIS.’

“The whole industry is trough-feeding.
And there couldn't be a worse look than to install a former PM as the chair of a fund set up to collect cheques signed by one of her former ministers.”

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/28821/&sid=0245

All levels of Government unjustly appear intent on tangling us all up in this imploding, unethical RenewaBULL Catastrophe.

AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM & ROYAL COMMISSION (including a COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT) IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE THE DESPICABLY GREEDY, VESTED INTERESTS FURTHER TORTURE THE PUBLIC & RUIN AUSTRALIA FOREVER!

THOSE PLANNING & APPROVING THIS ANTI-AUSTRALIAN WAR AGAINST FARMERS & RURAL COMMUNITIES BELONG IN JAIL!!

Just listening to the delusional, irresponsible CEO of Edward River Council banging on delightedly about the dodgy NON-Independent Planning Commission’s Approval of Someva’s ECOCIDAL Pottinger Wind Monstrosity - with totally biased ABeijingC Riverina - who only ever spew out non-sensical RenewaBULL Propaganda - solely for the benefit of these predatory parasites.
ABC Riverina have deliberately ignored the HAY public - completely failed to report on the IPCN Meeting & never acknowledged the fact that more than two dozen honest speakers were OBJECTORS & only ONE ‘bag of wind’ - the inveigled HAY Mayor - was parroting the dodgy developer’s lies & deception.
DPHI & IPCN don’t care one bit about their toxic contaminating, poisonous plans as they are inflicting these Risky Moral Hazards on the Councils - who have foolishly completely failed their DUTY OF CARE for their community & completely failed to do their DUE DILIGENCE as to their ultimate responsibility & liability for the inevitable, irreversible land/water contamination/pollution caused by Wind/Solar Electricity Generating Works under the POEO Act.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OBNOXIOUS TCHELERY WIND + BESS PLAN - LIKE ALL THE OTHER SWINDLE FACTORIES - IS WRONG - AS NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER BE PLANNING TO SACRIFICE RURAL AUSTRALIA TO SERVE THE GRID - INFLICTING POISONOUS, PATHETIC, WEATHER DEPENDENT, INTERMITTENT, UNAFFORDABLE CCP RELIANT, UNETHICAL, INSECURE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOESN’T WORK MOST OF THE TIME - UNLESS THEY HAD THE MOST DEVIOUS, TOTALITARIAN INTENTIONS TO INFLICT HARM ON THE PUBLIC, TO INTENTIONALLY DESTROY PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL AREAS/RURAL COMMUNITIES FOREVER & IMPLEMENT THEIR EVIL U.N & WEF GLOBALIST’ CONTROLLING, CCP SABOTAGING AGENDA!

It’s gonna be mighty helpful to see the PARIAH HOST BLACK LIST - exposing all the property owner traitors - in order to avoid their toxic contaminated produce.

NEOEN’s obnoxious Tchelery Wind + BESS plan DEFIES:
•Every Aspect of the National Electricity Law Objective
•All Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development
•Australian and International Standards.
•Genuine Protection of Ecology & Biodiversity
•Australian Drinking Water 💦 Guidelines
•Stockholm Convention
•The WHO
•Commonwealth PFAS Ban
•Modern Slavery Act
•Social Licence
•LPA Accreditation
•Paris Agreement
*Energy Security - Food Security - Economic Prosperity - National Security

**NATIONAL ELECTRICITY LAW OBJECTIVE
‘The objective of the National Electricity Law is to promote efficient investment in, & efficient operation and use of, electricity services for the long term interests of consumers with respect to:-
(a) price, quality, safety, reliability and security of supply of electricity;
and
(b) the reliability, safety and security of the national electricity system;
and
(c) the achievement of targets set by a participating jurisdiction
(i) for reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions; or
(ii)that are likely to contribute to reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.’

AEMO, AER, AEMC, Energy Ministers, Networks, Generators & everyone in 'authority', place primacy on emissions target rather than the other requirements of the NEL.
The emissions requirement was only added to the NEL in Sep 2023, and the NSW Emissions Reduction Act 2023 was only passed in Nov 23 (other states were similarly tardy to legislate any targets), - so on what basis did any Gov act prior to that to impose all this on us? Yet they all did, and still emphasise emissions over other objectives.
NEL is made in the SA Parliament, and in the 2nd reading, the Minister there also reiterated that ALL OBJECTIVES ARE EQUAL.

The Four Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) are:
• The Precautionary Principle: When there is a threat of serious environmental damage, action should be taken to prevent it, even if there is not full scientific certainty.
• Intergenerational Equity: The current generation should take care of the environment so that future generations can benefit from it.
• Conservation of Biological Diversity: The diversity of plants and animals should be preserved.
• Improved Valuation, Pricing, and Incentive Mechanisms: The costs of pollution and waste should be paid by those who cause them.

REFERENCES:
**WIND TURBINES ARE A FAKE GREEN SCOURGE - SHEDDING TONNES OF MICROPLASTICS FROM WIND TURBINE BLADES (KNOWN AS ‘LEADING EDGE EROSION’) - AFTER ONLY A FEW YEARS OF OPERATION. 
**https://stopthesethings.com/category/bisphenol-a-wind-turbine-blades/

**https://greatlakeswindtruth.org/newsworthy/essay-by-dr-ir-eric-blondeel/
18th August 2022

**Bisphenol A Pollution from Wind Turbines - Tim Smith 13/07/2023
“Bisphenol A is the most toxic substance we know’
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
https://docs.wind-watch.org/Bisphenol-A-Pollution-Wind-Turbines.pdf

**Will Bisphenol A be the PFOS of Wind Energy?
https://www.zeeland.nl/sites/default/files/digitaalarchief/IB23_b50318e9.pdf

**https://bergensia.com/bisphenol-a-in-wind-turbines-damages-human-fertility/es-human-fertility/

**The wind industry openly admits that any turbine will shed at least 60kg of microplastics per year into the atmosphere which will find their way into soil profiles and waterways. That would be the equivalent of about 50 tons of pure unadulterated BPA pollutants over the life of a typical 100-turbine wind farm (20 years) finding its way into catchments. Now think about that number and its consequences for the environment and farm produce!

**GROUND WATER SUPPLIES MUDDIED BY PILE DRIVING FOR THE MASSIVE WIND TURBINE BASES.
*Wind farm woes continue as Victorian turbines fail after only five years – www.cairnsnews.org - 11th April 2024
https://cairnsnews.org/2024/04/11/wind-farm-woes-continue-as-victorian-turbines-fail-after-only-five-years/

**’Forever chemicals’ used in Lithium Ion Batteries Threaten Environment, Research Finds | Lithium-ion batteries | The Guardian 14/7/24
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/forever-chemicals-lithium-ion-batteries-environment

**Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
“The scale of Li-ion BESS energy storage envisioned at “mega scale” energy farms is unprecedented and requires urgent review. The explosion potential and the lack of engineering standards to prevent thermal runaway may put control of “battery fires” beyond the knowledge, experience and capabilities of local Fire and Rescue Services. 
BESS present special hazards to fire-fighters….”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352158070_Safety_of_Grid_Scale_Lithium-ion_Battery_Energy_Storage_Systems

**Grid Scale Batteries & Fire Risk
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/656f411497ae14084ad8d03a/t/66fd2383b56dbc6906390297/1727865736681/Fannon-Batteries.pdf

**Disaster at Moss Landing: The Risk of Battery Storage - YouTube - 16/1/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuTaZFQA18E

**https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/02/20/massive-green-battery-plant-catches-on-fire-again-weeks-after-major-toxic-blaze
Save Our Surroundings Swan Hill
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Swan Hill , New South Wales
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This horrible plan is just Linear Waste and Toxic Junk
Swindle Factories have short lives and no recyclability for the toxic blades & Lithium BESS BOMBS.
Toxic, heavy metals are being dumped or shipped to poor countries.
“Sustainable” is a lie on the label.
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Còolah , New South Wales
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No country in the world is attempting to run their entire economy on unreliable intermittent weather dependent imported junk like Australia.

None of this is positive for the environment, it is only positive for the developer.

Stop destroying our environment.
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Coolah , New South Wales
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What happens to this rubbish in 20 years time? What happens to the old blades when they have eroded edges from weathering? What assurances have been given to the community that their environment won't be contaminated with forever chemicals from leading edge erosion? This project will only benefit the developer. Stop destroying our environment.
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Coolah , New South Wales
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This project is not in the public interest, it has no social licence and is environmentally disastrous.

Stop wrecking rural Australia, compromising our energy security and feeding us this BS that this will provide us with affordable clean energy.
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Swan Hill , Victoria
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Battery storage poses fire and toxic risk.
What’s the mitigation plan if a large-scale thermal event occurs ?
Fires are not easy to contained on the Hay plans, this will be an unstoppable fire. Is there truly any real plan to protect the land, people and animal that call this home
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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There is huge threat to Threat to Birds and Bats from Turbines,
where is the risk assessments for raptor and bat collisions remain incomplete.
How many raptor fatalities are tolerable before the project must halt?
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swan Hill , Victoria
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Multiple nearby projects increase cumulative ecosystem stress.
At what threshold does the combined impact outweigh the claimed benefits?
What plan have bee made to consider the local wildlife? Is relocation part of the plan?
Have they, the wildlife, been notified they will need to move out???
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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Oversized turbines reduce efficiency due to wake loss.
What’s the proven efficiency drop in flat terrain wake conditions?
The infra sound could possible travel for many kms what is in place to mitagate this??
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Swan Hill , Victoria
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Battery disposal plans vague, risk toxic legacy.
Where will 1,450 MWh of degraded batteries go in 2045?
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GANNAWARRA , Victoria
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Capacity reduced but footprint remains large.
If you scaled down the output, why not reduce the land area?
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BARHAM , New South Wales
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Baseline ecology and water data is sparse.
Why proceed without at least 12 months of seasonal data?
sosbarham
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BARHAM , New South Wales
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Other wind and solar projects nearby compound impact.
Has the total REZ footprint been capped to protect rural identity?
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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Other wind and solar projects nearby compound impact.
Has the total REZ footprint been capped to protect rural identity?
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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Lightning and fire risk in dry region under-addressed.
How many turbines have been destroyed by fire globally?
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BARHAM , New South Wales
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REZ rollout fast-tracked without full community consent.
When was the local council formally consulted and did they support it?
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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Benefit fund value may not match project impact.
Why isn’t the community benefit tied to annual revenue?
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Moulamein , New South Wales
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No post-construction noise monitoring commitments.
Will you install independent noise monitors at homes within 2 -5 & 10 km?

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Project Details

Application Number
SSD-59701722
EPBC ID Number
2023/09617
Assessment Type
State Significant Development
Development Type
Electricity Generation - Wind
Local Government Areas
Edward River

Contact Planner

Name
Erin Matarazzo