I support the project because Australia needs more energy supply, and increasing renewable energy generation and storage should help improve the overall balance of the electricity system over time. From an everyday point of view, households and businesses are already under pressure from living and operating costs, so investment in new energy infrastructure is important. While one project on its own will not solve everything, developments like this can still contribute to a more stable and affordable power system in the long term.

As someone working in the IT industry, I see reliable and affordable electricity as becoming more and more important for Australia’s future. Growth in areas like digital infrastructure, data centres, cloud services and AI will depend on having enough power supply to support them. For that reason, I think renewable energy and battery storage projects are important not only from an environmental point of view, but also for the future of Australian industry, innovation and energy security. In my view, projects like this can play a meaningful role in supporting both local development and the country’s long-term economic needs.

This INDUSTRIALISED SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATING WORKS & BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS 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

**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.

**Biodiversity Offset Crisis
https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/18/biodiversity-offsets-scheme-crisis/
Biodiversity offsets are arguably one of the most damaging environmental policies in a smorgasbord of bad policies, according to the environmental community…..
Offsetting has become a trading market with no real transparency or demonstrative environmental benefits. Proponents self-refer projects, both at the NSW government and federal levels.’

**NOTE: Chinese Solar Panels are coated in Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid.

**Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
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.

**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).
"We have a human right to clean drinking water and an environment free of toxic load,” Dr Stops said. “Dr Orellana reminded us that Australia has ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2004. Waste-to-energy incinerators were identified by the Convention as a major source of unintentional POPs pollutants such as dioxins.
As a signatory, the Government is required to take measures to address those emissions.
Waste-to-energy incinerators are incompatible with that requirement.”
https://lismoreapp.com.au/NewsStory/incinerations-opposition-groups-launch-online-petition/6539d5df28c0030028ec065d
https://lismoreapp.com.au/NewsStory/incinerations-opposition-groups-launch-online-petition/6539d5df28c0030028ec065d

**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.

**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)

**Community Impact Survey: April-May 2024 – Property Rights Australia
https://propertyrightsaustralia.org.au/community-impact-survey-april-may-2024/

**Professor Ivan Kennedy - Solar Contamination & Meterological Impacts (PDF Attached)

**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
We know that these are some of the toxic (some carcinogenic) chemicals that have been identified as likely being in solar panels (click on the links to get an idea of what some of the adverse health consequences are):
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAs) (also see here and here) Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Fluorinated Ethylene (FEP)
Cadmium Telluride
Copper Indium Selenide Cadmium Gallium diselenide Copper Indium Gallium diselenide Silicon Tetrachloride Hexafluoroethane
Polyvinyl Fluoride
Also, here is a basic explanation of the silicon manufacturing part of solar panels. The following are some additional toxic chemicals that have been identified as possibly being involved in the fabrication of solar panels, which might end up in the finished product:
Hydrogen chloride
Silicon tetrachloride
Hydrochloric acid
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Formaldehyde
Arsine gas
Trichlorosilane gas
Silane gas
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur hexafluoride
Sodium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide
Lead

**Contamination from Industrialised Solar’s Galvanised Steel Supports
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/srbXaCbKgVXocgsm/?mibextid=xfxF2i

**”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.’

**Victoria solar farm shut down after fire in on-site inverters, must mow grass | RenewEconomy - 24/2/25
https://reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-solar-farm-shut-down-after-fire-in-on-site-inverters-must-mow-grass/

**As 10% of the unethical, PFOS coated, Heavy Metal Leaching Solar Panels will typically arrive on site DAMAGED OR FAULTY - Will they be leaching already & shedding Toxic PFOS?
Where will these thousands of Toxic classed Solar panels be dumped on arrival?

**Defective or Damaged Solar Panel Recycling Mandated for 135 MW project – pv magazine Australia
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/02/13/defective-or-damaged-solar-panel-recycling-mandated-for-135-mw-project/

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

The micro plastic from this abomination will be horrendous. I have not read any way this will be mitigate or contained.
Until transparent, enforceable, and community-approved safety and environmental protections are in place this project need serious consider if it should ever proceed.

Lithium-ion battery fires are a growing national hazard . Australia sees many battery fires annually, including serious incidents in trucks, recycling centres, and large-scale energy sites.
The Wattle Creek BESS proposes a 350 MW / 1,400 MWh facility in a bushfire-prone, agricultural , this industrial installation fails to present detailed, independently verified fire prevention or emergency response plans. This puts rural communities, farmland, and lives at risk. This is an extremely Risky place for tis , it should be abandon.
The extensive wildlife have not been considered.

This plan is Taxpayer Subsidised Exploitation: These greedy profiteers gorge on subsidies, while everyday Australians face skyrocketing energy bills and collapsing reliability