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A photomontage from Niagara Road looking west, taken from AGL’s Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Member for Condamine Ray Hopper<\/strong> has called for a 2km exclusion zone around the proposed Coopers Gap wind farm.<\/p>\n

Addressing State Parliament yesterday afternoon, Mr Hopper said he did not believe most people in the district were opposed to the project, however “they want it done properly”.<\/p>\n

“That is the feeling I am getting from those who I have met. We need to take a serious look at what is about to happen,” Mr Hopper said.<\/p>\n

“In other States there is a 2km policy in place. We need the Minister for Health and the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection to have a look at this.<\/p>\n

“Both Ministers have people in their department who are very well learned on this proposal I am talking about.<\/p>\n

“AGL has other wind farms. These wind farms have been built and problems have occurred. There is a farmer who lives 1.6km from a smaller turbine farm and the result is that the turbines have had to be shut down because they are above the noise compliance in that State.<\/p>\n

“This is something we really have to look at. This has to be done right.<\/p>\n

“Oaklands Hill has had nine turbines shut down every night due to noise. I would hate to see this go ahead and then be shut down.<\/p>\n

“We need to seriously look at a 2km policy being put in place.”<\/p>\n

Mr Hopper said this would line up with Victoria which as a 2km policy in place; NSW has a draft 2km policy and the Liberal Party in South Australia has promised to put a 2km policy in place if they win government.<\/p>\n

“We need to have a very serious look at this project,” Mr Hopper said.<\/p>\n

“I know a fair bit about this area. My children were the fourth generation to go to the Cooranga North school. I lived in that district all my life. There were times when I had to put pump jacks on my windmills for a period of three or four weeks because there was simply no wind.<\/p>\n

“We have to have a serious look at this project.<\/p>\n

“The people of that community are not against the project, they just want it done well. We as a government have to make sure that it works.”<\/p>\n

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