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30 August 2011, Page: 12
VICTORIA used to seem staid and sensible. Not any more. The government seems set on anti-environmental pranks on an almost daily basis. Cows in parks, developments in green wedges, species protection in forests being rethought and now, not content with a report suggesting fewer jobs will be created under a carbon tax, they are keen to thwart windfarms. We may not be blessed with as many mining resources as other states, but what we do have, in abundance, is wind.
Why would we forgo this advantage especially since farming and wind turbines can coexist, with no proven health impacts? There does not seem to be broad community agitation for any of the recent changes. So why do it, just to please a well connected handful? Has this government stopped to consider its legacy of environmental stewardship or is it just too busy ticking off favours to Liberal and National party "mates"?
Jo McCubbin, Sale
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