Monday 16 October 2006

Senator in wind-farm storm

Sunday Times
Sunday 15/10/2006, Page: 28

FEDERAL Environment Minister Ian Campbell, known more for blocking wind farms in Australia than approving them, is happy to open them in China. Taxpayers footed the bill for the WA senator to go to China this week, where he will cut the ribbon of an Australian company's $300 million wind-farm project.

A Denmark group that wants to establish a wind farm says it is a shame Senator Campbell could not be more enthusiastic about wind farms in WA. Denmark Community Wind Farm Inc was angry Senator Campbell had written to Regional Services Minister Warren Truss telling him to freeze funding for the project.

They had received $247,000 in funding but were seeking another $1.3 million to build two turbines to generate 1.6MW of power a year.

"Will Senator Campbell stand on his high horse and crush an innovative community enterprise like ours or will he see the light, given the comments he has made about the necessity to throw everything we have at climate change?" chairman Craig Chappelle said.

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