NICK DUIGAN, TAS. ENERGY MINISTER: We do have this really, really valuable resource and harnessing that is a massive opportunity for our state.
NICK DUIGAN: By 2040 we need to be at 200 per cent of that number, and that’s a legislated target, that’s not going away, that’s not something that we can dodge. However NTAG say they’ve readied themselves for an appeal in case the local council approves the project. They will freely admit that renewables, that they support them, just do them elsewhere. So in the context of the NIMBY definition, they fit into that.Those opposed to his Robbins Island wind farm say it would endanger rare birds, including the critically endangered orange bellied parrot.
WILL MURRAY: The proposal is a Renewable Energy Approvals Pathway or REAP through which developers can choose either the current system, or to go through ‘major projects.’ WILL MURRAY: It is a police the Liberal Party introduced while in government before the election kicked off and it is an idea largely supported by Labor. But some community organisations say it is designed to silence them.