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Central Coast Council Mayor Cheryl Fuller boldly fights back against REZ in Central north Tasmania

  The above letter was sent to Nick Duigan, the Minister for Energy & Renewables and Parks & Environment ( a conflict of interest, if ever these was one), on 1st July 2024 by the Mayor of Central Coast Council, Cheryl Fuller. This followed feedback from the Central Coast community expressing growing concerns over the wind turbine development proposed for the area.   Please note point 4: "Members of our community in properties neighbouring the proposed REZ have expressed their concerns regarding the impact of turbines on human health and wellbeing. As a key role of local government in Tasmania is to provide for the health, safety and welfare of our communities, we advocate strongly for the REZ to avoid close proximity to all residential areas."   In a bold move, Mayor Fuller acknowledges that there are harmful impacts of such a development upon human health, productivity of food growing land areas and wildlife. Please take a screenshot or download this image and sh...

Fire Risk and Wind Turbines on Your Land

source I post an email from a friend which arrived in my inbox today. VERY important issue about fire safety and wind turbines on your property and properties nearby. Dear Friends, I recently came across some information that I think is very important for all of us to be aware of regarding the heightened risk of fire resulting from wind turbines. Not many people know that if a fire breaks out, whether due to the wind turbines themselves or from any other source, water bombing and other aerial support to firefighters may be difficult or even impossible in the vicinity of wind turbines. Please see the following: Letter from a Firefighter’s Wife https://stopthesethings.com/2013/01/11/as-australia-burns-an-impassioned-plea-from-a-fire-fighters-wife/comment-page-1/ Communities Burned by Turbines (Cached webpage) https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130123125049/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/141218/20180503-0021/stopthesethings.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/communities-burned-by-turbine...