George Campbell (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Is the minister aware of the former environment minister’s proposed national code for wind farms? In pushing for the code, didn’t the minister say:

To help overcome this problem, it is vital that we make every effort to ensure majority community endorsement.

Didn’t the former minister advocate involving local communities in decision making for approving wind farms, particularly given the impact on property values? Will the current environment minister now follow the lead of his predecessor and propose a national code for nuclear reactors to ensure communities have a say in decision making and that no reactors are built unless they have majority community support? Or does the government only require renewable energy projects like wind farms to attract majority community support?