Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 August 2006

Questions without Notice

Wind Farms

2:11 pm

Photo of Ian CampbellIan Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

The answer is yes. The Commonwealth government has spent in excess of $1 million on orange-bellied parrot recovery programs. The Victorian government, working in cooperation with the orange-bellied parrot recovery team, has in fact either stopped or moved 12 other developments in the potential habitat area. So there is substantial work going on to address all of those. I think that Senator Wong should refer to Christian Zahra’s pamphlet, which says, ‘There are many important industries in our area which can be badly affected by wind power station developments, like tourism, and appropriate—

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