Tchelery Wind Farm

The Tchelery Wind Farm will be an environmental and visual disaster.
There is NO way to mitigate these effects and the future negative effects to the district.
There is no plan for the decommissioning of the wind far which will result in our region turning into a rubbish dump.

The environmental impact will be devastating to the flora and fauna in the district much of which is already endangered.
The visual impact will ruin the value of properties in the district and impact tourism.

This is a beautiful region and the visual impact will ruin it and the value of properties.
There are many endangered species of fauna and flora on the proposed location that will be wiped out.
It is impossible to avoid these devastating effects if the Tchelery Wind farm is approved. STOP it now.

Turbines up to 270 m tall will dominate the flat landscape and profoundly alter rural views.
How do you quantify “acceptable” visual damage to a flat rural horizon for someone living 1-5-10 & 15 km away?

The project is a risking persistent visual intrusion.
What is your evidence that this will not negatively affect local mental wellbeing?

Absence of independent environmental review: most assessments are developer-funded.
Why should the public trust reports paid for by the project proponent??

Cumulative impacts from multiple REZ projects not fully assessed.
What cumulative limit exists before government or developer stops approving projects?

Noise modelling may underestimate low-frequency impacts.
Can you guarantee there will be no infrasound-related health complaints in 10 years?

Disruption to native animal corridors across 28,000 ha.
What habitat offset equals 28,000 hectares of disrupted land?

Aboriginal cultural heritage risks are poorly addressed.
How do you measure respect for Country without the full approval of Elders?

Dust and pollution during dry-season construction poorly mitigated.
What happens if particulate levels exceed EPA thresholds for weeks?

Promised jobs are short term and few are guaranteed local.
What percent of long-term jobs will go to people within 50 km?
The truth is developer build worker camp and use fly in overseas workers. Why do developers tell lies to locals.

Risks to birds and bats, especially raptors, are not fully addressed.
How many raptor deaths are acceptable before mitigation becomes mandatory?

Construction traffic will damage local roads.
If roads are degraded, who will pay for full repair over 5 years?

Limited and poorly attended community consultations.
What proportion of the directly affected population has given written consent?
The developer does no have social licence.

Other wind and solar projects nearby compound impact.
Has the total REZ footprint been capped to protect rural identity?

Baseline ecology and water data is sparse.
Why proceed without at least 12 months of seasonal data?

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

On-site battery systems carry serious fire and explosion risks.
What’s your plan if a battery fire releases toxic gases ?

Lightning and fire risk in dry region under-addressed.
How many turbines have been destroyed by fire globally?