John Madigan (Victoria, Democratic Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Assistant Director of Regional Projects for the Department of Planning and Community Development in Victoria has confirmed That the Waubra Wind Farm, which has been under review since it commenced in 2009, has not been signed off on any noise compliance by the Planning Minister, Mr Matthew Guy, therefore making it non compliant,

(ii) to obtain accreditation from the Clean Energy Regulator, the Waubra Wind Farm must provide evidence that it is compliant with all state permit requirements, and

(iii) as a result of having been granted Clean Energy Regulator accreditation of its Waubra Wind Farm, Acciona has received tens of millions of dollars in Renewable Energy Certificates (REC); and

(b) calls on the Government to:

(i) order a review of the accreditation process, and a review of the accreditation of all other wind farms that have been accredited under the same regulations as the Waubra Wind Farm, and

(ii) order an investigation of how many REC have been raised by non compliant power stations and traded into REC markets as well as the extent to which REC markets and REC market prices may have been distorted by this activity.

Mr President, I seek leave to make a brief statement.