Whitehaven Solar Farm

Excellent project, great for job growth in the community and to strive towards our goal of decarbonising our electricity grid.

Whitehaven Solar + BESS Factory would be yet another appalling, Financial Drain on the Australian public that we are sick to death of!
This idiotic, RenewaBULL Swindle has to stop!!
This pathetic plan has a hopeless capacity factor, will NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME & is reliant on rip-off subsidies, which are not a sustainable funding model.
It would place a continual financial burden on taxpayers without any long-term benefits.

I object to the project as it requires agricultural land to be used for non-agriculture purposes.

It involves the clearing of native vegetation when such a facility could be placed on already cleared land with low agricultural capacity.

Submission objecting to the Whitehaven Solar Farm (WSF) Project being granted a planning permit or in any way proceeding to construction.
1. The Whitehaven Solar Farm is purely being built in order to meet Net Zero requirements. The Solar Farm is only able, (because of a shortage of weather fuel, sunshine) to operate for a maximum of eight hours a day (33%) and because of clouds and rain, the solar industry only averages six hours a day or 25% of each day. If it was not subsidised, investors would never consider it as a worthwhile investment.
This statement alone clearly sets out. That by its intermittent and unreliable nature of electricity production, (because of an unreliable supply of ‘weather’ fuel). The WSF should never, ever be considered as an economic or dependable electricity generator for supplying baseload electricity to a modern electricity grid.
2. The WSF will permanently pollute the farmland it is on, and the agricultural production will be lost each year for the next 100 years or more. Note: At present the WSF land is producing each year, a good amount of agricultural produce, that economically benefits the farmer, surrounding towns, cities and eventually Australia with economic stimulation and jobs. As previously stated this will be a very large negative against the WSF forever.
3. The WSF does nothing to reduce the World’s emissions. This is because all the Federal and State Net Zero emission goals, Emission Reduction goals and Carbon emission limits on big polluters, are all a waste of money, effort, and will not reduce Global emissions by one iota. The reason is that while Australia’s emissions of Co2 are approximately 1.3% of the World’s emissions at the same time China emits 30% of the World’s emissions and is still growing. Any reduction in Australia’s emissions will be quickly replaced by China’s emissions.
4. The WSF is totally reliant on Climate Change subsidies and mandated energy retailer policies, without which it would never be built. Or if the subsidies, etc are removed this WSF will be abandoned. Further if the WSF cannot afford the cost of building the HV Transmission necessary to connect to the Grid. It is ridiculous for electricity consumers and taxpayers to have to pay for the connecting HV Transmission Lines.
6. Importantly this WSF has not made adequate provision for the outbreak of a wildfire. Firebreaks are grossly inadequate and fixed water tanks are next to useless. In Victoria CFA fire fighters are refusing to enter Renewable Factories. Water bombers would not water bomb the WSF because of the risk of explosions The risk to surrounding rural residents is frightening.
5. As well the WSF has made no financial provision for the dismantling and restoration of the site. Or the cost of the disposal of the toxic, batteries and associated toxic junk. This is why the WSF is not a net contributor to the electricity generation system or a viable economic proposition and should never be built.

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This Whitehaven Solar & Lithium-ion Battery plan is definitely NOT for the Greater Good of Australia at all as it is seriously & irreversibly detrimental to Public Health & Safety!

Electricity Consumers are unnecessarily suffering severe hardship & austerity due to the deliberate deprivation of our natural, far superior, reliable, affordable, plentiful, secure, Australian Coal Power resources, as well as our own Uranium resources for a clean, safe Nuclear future with minimal environmental footprint.

Instead, we are being forcible cursed with unjust subsidisation of pathetic, part-time energy from ecologically destructive, contaminating Industrialised Solar/Wind Electricity Generating Works & Battery Energy Storage Systems that are extremely toxic FIRE DISASTERS, always unreliable & intermittent - dependent on the vagaries of the weather.

Whitehaven’s Carbon Accounting claims are incorrect as they have failed to account for the full life-cycle of the Solar Panels & BESS - which DO NOT just magically pop into existence!

How would Whitehaven ensure the Solar panels aren’t unethically linked to cruelly tortured Uyghur Slave Labour Supply Chains like all the other Industrialised Solar Factories in NSW shamefully now are?

Where will Whitehaven be sourcing PFOS Free Solar Panels from - that don’t leach toxic Heavy Metals & bis-FASI Free BESS - to ensure NO TOXIC CONTAMINATION from the typical SLAVE LABOUR LINKED, CCP RELIANT, TOXIC PFAS PANELS, ELECTRICAL WIRING, INVERTERS, BESS PRODUCTS?

How will Whitehaven & the Local Regulatory Authority responsible for any Land/Water Contamination/Pollution caused by Solar/Wind Electricity Generating Works - the Narrabri Council - GUARANTEE its Community/ Ratepayers that their FOOD GROWING LAND, THE ONSITE EPHEMERAL CREEK & ADJACENT KURRAJONG CREEK WHICH IS PART OF THE NAMOI RIVER CATCHMENT & MULLALEY SUB-BASIN - PART OF THE GUNNEDAH BASIN WILL NOT BE CONTAMINATED BY WHITEHAVEN’S TOXIC SOLAR/BESS PLAN?

Replacing productive cropping & grazing land with Whitehaven’s Toxic Contaminating Solar 20MW Electricity Generating Works + 10 MWh BESS is an irresponsible, environmentally harmful & serious/irreversible Public Health & Safety disaster which will result in toxic wasteland.

The wider water system will be contaminated as the ephemeral creeks & drainage lines onsite flow into adjacent Kurrajong Creek - a tributary of the Namoi River Catchment, which covers an area of about 42,000 square kilometres - within the Mullaley Sub-basin, which forms part of the larger Gunnedah Basin.

Retaining 19.52 ha of carbon sequestering native vegetation as well as avoiding partial clearance (removal of trees/shrubs) of approximately 2.87 ha of native vegetation must be prioritised over such a detrimental plan as this which makes bogus claims about emissions reduction.

Whilst Whitehaven’s Coal mine is a worthy pursuit for far superior, reliable, affordable, plentiful, secure, 24/7 Australian power, this Solar/BESS plan is a destructive, incapable, subsidy sucking rip-off which WON’T WORK MOST OF THE TIME!

There is absolutely no way that the
operational life of this fragile, weather dependent Solar + BESS Factory is 50 years, nor is there any essential up front DECOMMISSIONING & REMEDIATION BOND to ensure this RenewaBULL JUNK will not be left as a degraded, toxic pile of electrical JUNK - forever burdening the Narrabri community.

Who will be held responsible/liable for the life-threatening, Industrialised Toxic Solar FIRES & BESS BOMB EXPLOSIONS when carcinogenic, teratogenic, poisonous smoke envelopes the district - especially when NSW RFS refuse to answer the most basic questions from neighbour victims of Industrialised Solar & BESS & the “CSIRO Verification Services' ActivFire Scheme advises its stakeholders that it HAS NOT AND WILL NOT certify, and thus provide a Certificate of Conformity, that any fire extinguisher can effectively extinguish a Li-Ion battery fire.”??
[Advisory Note AN-004 Extinguishment of Li-Ion Battery Fires.]

Why are dodgy NSW DPIE/DPHI & complicit IPCN ignoring all the Reputable, Independent Experts, the Engineering Facts, failing to require Scientific Determinations, bereft of Integrity & Ethics, as they persistently approve these unethical, Life Threatening, Public Health & Safety disasters based on underhanded fudgery, persisting in just ‘trusting the developers’ - enabling these predators to import unethical, unregulated components - only accredited by the Vested Interest CEC = Fake Green Solar/Wind Industry itself.

Why are DPHI & IPCN so determined to torture the Public & burden Local Councils/Community with their RISKY ‘MORAL HAZARD’ EXPERIMENTS that they know full well are TOXIC & UNETHICAL?

TWO NEW PRECEDENTS HAVE BEEN SET by Oxley Bridge Rd Uranquinty Solar Determination 24th Nov 2022 -  NEW MODERN SLAVERY CONDITION & AMENDED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN (re CONTAMINATION.)

PPSSTH-149 - DA22/0122 - 1268 Oxley Bridge Road Uranquinty 2652
https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/planning-panel/electricity-generating-works-solar-farm-8 

[Hail Storm Photos & Industrialised Solar Contamination Risk to Our Reliably Productive Food Bowl at Bomen, Wagga Wagga Photo are included via this link also - the Hail Stones & some of the Fractured Solar Panels from the damaging 31st Oct 2020 event that left masses of broken Solar panels in situ for a shocking 10 - 11 months without Due Care  - with some panels still remaining fractured & leaching contaminating heavy metals years later!]

**Professor Ian Plimer's 3 minute presentation regarding Solar Panel Contamination Risks.

PPSSTH-149 on the planning portal:
 Electricity Generating Works – Solar Farm | Planning Portal - Department of Planning and Environment (nsw.gov.au)
[Once you’ve clicked on the link, please navigate to the URL link under Other menu (and also under Links menu) for the audio recording (the meeting officially begins around the 20 minute mark).]

1. NEW MODERN SLAVERY CONDITION- requiring proof prior to construction that NO Slave Labour supply chain components be used in construction. 
**New Condition Inserted C4A - Dealing With Modern Slavery.
Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018

2. AMENDED STORM WATER  MANAGEMENT PLAN CONDITION  re-CONTAMINATION – QUALIFIED TESTING/REPORTING, CONTAMINATION RESPONSE PROCEDURE, etc.

**Amended Condition C8.
Prior to Commencement of Any Works - Storm Water Management Plan.
On Site & Discharge From the Site.
Testing Points & Regular Water Samples, Suitably Qualified Person.
Written Response Procedures if CONTAMINATION is Found - required PRIOR to CONSTRUCTION.
Availability of Results.

**The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has drafted an update of the PFAS Fact Sheet within the Guidelines that includes revised and newly established health-based guideline values.
The draft PFAS fact sheet is supported by a NHMRC Statement on PFAS in drinking water, which provides a summary of the findings that informed the update.  
The PFAS reviewed as part of the recent update include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS); perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt (GenX chemicals). 
Further information on the NHMRC Review of PFAS in Australian drinking water is available on the NHMRC website.

**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). 

**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

**’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

**Unmasking the Toxic Truth - The Solar Panel Waste Story 
https://youtu.be/_Ck2dHflJ3s?si=0WS5CYhuCb6hNvP0

**Leaching Via Weak Spots in Solar Panels 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348883160_Leaching_via_Weak_Spots_in_Photovoltaic_Modules
“Our long-term experiments clearly demonstrate that it is possible to leach out all, or at least a large amount, of the (toxic) elements from the photovoltaic modules. It is therefore not sufficient to carry out experiments just over 24 h and to conclude on the stability and environmental impact of photovoltaic modules.”

**Solar Realities - Physicist John Droz jr
https://election-integrity.info/Energy/Solar_Energy_Concerns.pdf 

**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/

** “PFOS Chemicals are just as bad for wildlife as they are for humans. 
Tests have found that even small levels of contamination can lead to compromised immune systems and brain asymmetry.”
https://www.completehomefiltration.com.au/difference-between-pfas-and-pfos/)

**WINAICO’s Glass-Glass Solar Modules are PFAS-Free - WINAICO Australia - 17/6/24
https://www.winaico.com.au/blog/winaicos-glass-glass-solar-modules-are-pfas-free - ‘in order to reduce harmful chemicals being released in the environment, to protect human health, ecosystems and wildlife from contamination, enable safe rainwater consumption and reduce Toxic Solar waste with a sustainable, reusable product.’

**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)

I strongly object to this project and any project like it because of the following FACTS:
Wind and solar farms (which is a misnomer because both are anti-farming) are much more expensive than coal and natural gas. Why? James Taylor of the Climate Change Dispatch states in his article on the 4th of March, "A recent study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy, reports on the full-system levelized cost of electricity generation. The term “full system” is key.

Many entities have assessed what it costs utilities to purchase or produce electricity from existing sources and deliver it to customers.

These cost assessments, however, ignore the intermittency of wind and solar and how intermittency adds substantial costs to the entire electric grid.

The cost assessments also fail to account for how wind and solar projects cannot be built just anywhere and often require new, long, expensive, and inefficient transformation lines to deliver power from the generation locations to consumers. This also adds substantial costs to the overall electric grid.

The peer-reviewed Energy study analyzes these factors and presents an apples-to-apples cost comparison of the full-system cost of wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.

The verdict is devastating to wind and solar power and explains why most of the world prefers to build coal and natural gas power plants." https://climatechangedispatch.com/peer-reviewed-study-confirms-wind-and-solar-are-far-costlier-than-coal-natural-gas/

Further, solar farms, just like wind farms would NOT be operating if it were not for government subsidies and power purchase agreements: "The second most important government intervention are federal subsidies, tax credits, and complicated tax provisions called tax-equity financing, which subsidize about 50% of the building costs for a wind or solar farm.

Mandating the purchase of renewable electricity changes the nature of the market for renewable electricity. Without the mandates, the owner of a wind or solar farm is doomed to beg utilities to purchase electricity for far less than it costs to generate. The farm would soon be bankrupt.

But with mandates, the utilities are knocking on his door begging for renewable power that they are mandated to purchase, without regard to the price. Renewable portfolio laws change the market from a buyers’ market to a sellers’ market." https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-fossil-fuels-beat-renewables-on-costs-reliability-and-economic-impact/

Solar Farms, like wind farms and Lithium Battery Storage Containers not only are unreliable, but they are all an extremely high fire risk, especially when they are connected to the high voltage transmission lines. Why? Because as the ABC NEWS reported, 6 out of the 11 2009 Black Saturday fires that took 173 lives and did untold damage and destruction throughout Victoria were caused by high voltage transmission lines.

What was the cause of the deadly Black Saturday fires?According to an ABC News article dated the 2nd January 2024, “Six of the 11 most catastrophic Black Saturday bushfires were started by high voltage electric powerlines. The state's regulator says power companies didn't do enough to mitigate risk ahead of what is predicted to be the state's most dangerous bushfire season in recent years.” As Victoria's bushfire season looms, one powerful reminder of Black Saturday hangs in the air - ABC News.What was the cause of the recent catastrophic Los Angeles fires?On the 5th of January 2025, CNN reported, “California’s second-largest wildfire was sparked when power lines came in contact with a tree, Cal Fire says” that was written by Sarah Moon. Later in the same article, Sarah reported that PG&E who owns the power lines that caused this fire was also responsible for and found guilty of “85 counts, including involuntary manslaughter and unlawfully starting the Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in the state’s history.” And sadly, that is not the end of PG&E’s transmission lines causing fires. PG&E were charged in two criminal cases where they were charged with five felonies, 28 misdemeanours, involuntary manslaughter, unlawfully burning forests, structures, causing bodily injury etc.And what was PG&E’s response in both criminal cases against them? They denied any “criminal wrongdoing”, even though they agreed that it was their transmission lines which caused the deadly and destructive fires. California’s second-largest wildfire was sparked when power lines came in contact with a tree, Cal Fire says | CNNLiberal mismanagement in California was also cited as being responsible for “the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory” California Wildfires: Liberal Leadership's Costly Mismanagement ExposedLabor is no better. Just read this quote from Shadow emergency services minister Richard Riordan on the 1st of Oct 2024, where he stated on Sky News 'Huge potential for disaster': Allan govt slammed for failing to ensure all wind turbines have fire suppression technology | Sky News Australia:“Mr Riordan said that about 80 per cent of all deaths and property losses from fire stem from electrical blazes caused by power, transmission or distribution systems, and there were now 1,500 wind turbines in the system with another 900 planned.“This is a huge potential for fire risk,” the shadow minister said”
Why are the 240km of proposed high voltage transmission lines such a high and unacceptable bushfire risk?

Just over sixteen years ago, on the 7th of February 2009, 6 out of the 11 Black Saturday fires that took 173 lives and did untold damage to property, livestock and wildlife, were started by high voltage transmission lines. This was such a devastating, large scale catastrophe that a Royal Commission was called to investigate why these fires happened and how they could be prevented in the future - VBRC_Summary_PF.pdf, Remembering Black Saturday - 15th anniversary | Emergency Victoria.

Cameron Stuart of Brittanica.com on the 20th of January 2025, described the horrific, catastrophic, devastating Black Saturday fires in detail:

"On February 7 Victorians were told to brace for the “worst day” in the state’s history: weather forecasters warned of a record heat wave with temperatures soaring to 115.5 °F (46.4 °C), combined with gale-force winds of up to 56 miles (90 km) per hour. That day more than 47 major fires erupted across the state, 14 of them claiming lives or causing significant damage. The most deadly conflagration, known as the Kilmore East fire, which claimed 121 lives, was sparked by a faulty power pole near the township of Kilmore East, 37 miles (60 km) north of Melbourne. The flames quickly jumped a major highway and roared into a forest, where they turned into a giant fireball, dwarfing the resources of local firefighters, who could only flee in its path. Aided by steep slopes and powerful winds, this fire raced through a series of townships, including Kinglake (where 38 people died), Strathewen (27 perished), and St. Andrews (12 were killed), catching residents by surprise and trapping many in their homes. Some sought to escape by car as the fires approached, but dozens died on the roads as they were overtaken by the fire, which leapt 330 feet (100 metres) above the tree line and was powerful enough to kill with radiant heat from nearly 1,000 feet

Late in the afternoon a sudden change in wind direction pushed the fire to the northeast, bringing new towns into its path. A parallel fire, known as the Murrindindi fire, also blew to the northeast, swallowing the unsuspecting tourist town of Marysville, where 34 people lost their lives. Fire experts said that these two fires alone released energy equivalent to that of 1,500 atomic bombs like the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan."


It is because of this that I feel the local Councils, State and Federal government that are involved in pushing renewables like Marinus Link in Tasmania, wind turbines (both offshore and onshore) and the high voltage transmission lines are potentially putting themselves at an extremely high risk of being found culpable before a coronial inquest, which I also feel would be very embarrassing to the Australian local, State and Federal government, given the "lessons learned" from the 2009 Black Saturday fires and what happened very recently in California.

Fire experts said that these two fires alone released energy equivalent to that of 1,500 atomic bombs like the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan."

https://climatechangedispatch.com/australias-green-energy-strategy-is-misguided-misplaced-and-dangerous/

https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-fossil-fuels-beat-renewables-on-costs-reliability-and-economic-impact/

The Loss of 19.52 ha of native vegetation reduces biodiversity and impacts local ecosystems, will be absolutely detrimental to the area

The Toxic Heavy Metals & carcinogenic PFAS contamination from Fire Hazardous Whitehaven Solar & BESS poses significant long-term risks to essential water & food growing land used for cropping/grazing & for Kurrajong Creek/Namoi Catchment - detrimentally harming human health.

Whitehaven Solar + BESS plan serves no useful purpose as it’s just a rip off of Taxpayer subsidies for a toxic mess!

It’s totally ludicrous & bogus to claim that: The design operational life of the Solar + BESS Factory is 50 years !!!
In about 5 years it will be degrading & leaching toxic chemicals into the soil & water, the Battery will have exploded on FIRE like a BOMB & Whitehaven will realise that COAL IS KING afterall!!

Whitehaven Solar/BESS plan is a complete waste of Taxpayer subsidies for an intermittent, highly weather-dependent, unreliable and Fire vulnerable plan - reliant on slave labour produced, Toxic Solar & BESS which will never work on demand & has a whole life cycle of pollution & poison!

The potential for contaminating, Industrialised Solar’s heavy metals + PFOS & filthy BESS residue & bis-FASI to leach into the soil and Namoi River Catchment - Mullaley Sub-basin - which forms part of the larger Gunnedah Basin - is an extremely serious & irreversible, environmental concern - threatening agricultural productivity and water quality for surrounding communities.

This proposed PFAS POLLUTING plan increases the likelihood of TOXIC FIRE HAZARDS, endangering both local populations, mine workers and valuable ecosystems. These Hazardous Fires & toxic smoke would spread uncontrollably, further damaging & contaminating the land, biodiversity & vital Water sources linked to Kurrajong Creek & the Namoi River.

Whitehaven should stick to reliable, affordable Coal & stop pretending that hideous, CCP reliant Solar + Battery JUNK reduces any emissions at all as it’s ALL TOXIC, PFAS CONTAMINATING RUBBISH that will soon be a MONUMENTAL PILE OF POLLUTING SOLAR/BATTERY WASTE DAMAGING THIS CROPPING & GRAZING LAND - TURNING IT INTO TOXIC WASTELAND FOREVER.
STOP WRECKING OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE BY LITTERING RURAL AREAS WITH TOXIC PANELS & LITHIUM-ION CHEMICALS - CAUSING PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY RISKS TO THE ESSENTIAL NAMOI WATER SYSTEM.

Whitehaven’s obnoxious, contaminating Solar + BESS Factory threatens the Namoi Catchment - which is a critical water source.
Toxic pollutants from this senseless plan would compromise water quality, affecting agriculture, wildlife, and people dependent on this resource.

Imagine the horrendous, cumulative impacts of all these destructive, toxic components littering rural NSW EVERYWHERE!!

NO WAY DO WE EVER WANT ANY MORE CHINA RELIANT, RECKLESS RUINABLES!

NEW AUSTRALIAN COAL POWER & A FUTURE, SOVEREIGN, NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY WITH MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT - MUST BE PRIORITISED!

Destructive Biodiversity impacts from clearing of 19.52 ha of native vegetation & partial clearance (removal of trees/shrubs) of 2.87 ha of native vegetation in order to construct Toxic, Fire-prone Solar panels & a contaminating BESS BOMB makes no sense whatsoever as it would irreversibly harm human beings & disrupt the local ecosystem, leading to a loss of biodiversity & harm native species that rely on these plants for shelter and food.

The onsite native vegetation plays a crucial role in carbon sequestration, unlike the planned industrialised Solar & BESS - which obviously has extensive embedded energy & environmentally polluting impacts.

The Native vegetation removal would have detrimental impacts on essential biodiversity & the precious ecosystem - especially vulnerable near the Kurrajong Creek.