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Wind Farms Can Generate Angst Community opposition to industrial scale wind SENSIBLE AND BALANCED generators is increasing. At the same time, Labor is A State Liberal Government will: planning to approve more and more wind farms closer and • Impose a moratorium on building new industrial wind turbines and closer to homes, villages and associated infrastructure less than five kilometres from an existing dwelling schools. without the owner's consent. Neighbouring homeowners • Allow third-party appeal rights, which the current Labor Government wants and primary producers to remove. want to be protected from encroaching wind farms. • Help develop national guidelines regarding separation distances and noise emissions. Labor wants to remove third­ party appeal rights . • Support a South Australian university peer-reviewed study into the effects Above: Constru ction of the Snowtown wind farm in So uth of industrial wind turbines on nearby residents and communities - if South Austra lia's mid north dwarfs the ho use in the fo reground, demonstrating how close to residents the Government is willing WIND FARMS The Liberal Party believes Australia is to be Australia's leading wind generation State, we should be to bui ld wind turbines. Photograph taken by Dave Clarke, wind farms must not be February 19th 20 11. the national leader in academic research into the industry. approved on sites where they create negative economic and • Develop a State-wide zoning plan setting out where industrial wind CAN GENERATE South Australians don't want social effects. turbines will be prohibited. This means no wind farms in inappropriate, sensitive, or visually and culturally iconic parts of the State like designated to live too close to industrial scale wind generators. We will protect residents by "We will protect Ramsar sites and places on heritage registers. ANGST banning new wind turbines We have more wind generation from being built closer than • Adopt an approval process for wind farms which will consider associated residents by banning than any other State - in fact, five kilometres from an infrastructure such as transmission lines and substations, rather than we have one of the highest existing home . new wind turbines from considering just the turbines and towers. proportions in the world of wind power generation. The Liberal Party stands being built closer than More than half of Australia's for fairness. It's a principle installed wind power is in the Government has long five kilometres from an South Australia. forgotten . existing home." Wind-powered generation is seen as totally eco-friendly and green. However, concern is building over its cost, health effects and aesthetics. SOUTH AUSTRALIA Cost back-up electricity generation. We sti ll have to pay for all that infrastructure Wind-generated power is very even if it isn't used . expensive, but wind farms don't reduce the need for conventional Then there is the cost to individual In Sickness and in Health Done and Dusted generating capacity because we still homeowners. Homes and properties need to meet peak demand on hot or are often devalued when nearby "The debate shou ld not be si mplified Primary producers who use crop­ still days. turbines are in line-of-sight. Experts to one about whether wind turbines dusting or aerial app lications are often assess th e loss of value to be in can cause harm to humans. The restricted from sp raying crops resulting The Energy Retailers Association warns excess of 30 per cent and sometimes evidence provided ... demonstrates in finan cial loss. The Aerial Agricu ltural we're footing the bill for both wind and up to half. th at they can (cause harm to humans) Association of Austral ia (AAAA) says if faci lities are placed too close to wind farms are a direct threat to residents." - Court Judgement. Ontario, aviation safety. Canada, July 20 11 "They also pose an economic threat Like car sickness, turb ines don't affect to the industry," says the AAAA. "As a everyone, but no one doubts the result of the overwhelming safety and "... the debate should not va lidity of the suffer's condition. economic impact of wind farms and supporting infrastructure on the sector, be simplified to one about Peer-reviewed studies show those the AAAA opposes all wi nd farm living over a kilometre from industrial developments in area s of agricultural whether or not wind turbines wind turbines suffered sleep disruption production or elevated bushfire ri sk." so severe it affected their daytime can cause harm to human:s. functioning and mental health. It is Liberal Party policy that farm management practices and rights of The evidence provided ... The Clements and Waterloo wind neighbours and adjacent landowners farms can be heard three kilometres must be protected. This includes demonstrates that they can away. Many people report sleep protection against economic losses disruption and nausea. caused by restrictions on aerial fire­ (cause harm to humans) if Fire! fighting, spraying, crop-dusting and mustering, facilities are placed too close Turbines reduce the effectiveness of Taking the Fight to Labor aerial fire-fighting. Planes have to keep to residents." their distance from turbines. Wind generation facilities are Canadian Court Judgement, July 2011, Ontario. ferociously opposed by many In November last year the Southern communities. The first real test was Fleurieu CFS was called to a fire at in 2002 over a proposed 20-turbine the Starfish Hill Wind Farm near Cape generator around Myponga and Jervis. CFS officers could do little Sellicks Hill. A seven year-long but watch the blaze from a kilometre campaign against the proposal - away when Work Safe deemed it too All photography used in tllis publication bas been supplied for free usage by its creators. Cled~ some generator towers were less than goes to tile Waubra Foundation for photographs on the left of tllis page and on front cover, and dangerous to approach. 750 metres from homes - led to the to Dave Clarl!e for photograph of the Snowtown facility under construction. proposal being scrapped. Printed and authorised by BBartJer, 25 leigh St, Adelaide 5000. .
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