That doesn't make a lot of sense in a state with only 229,000 occupied private dwellings at the time of the last census and that runs on hydroelectricity 85 per cent.
They were happy to ignore the dynamiting of hillsides to build access roads and turbine platforms, the destruction of the hollow tree habitats of the grey Goshawk or the effect a quarter of a million cubic metres might have on biodiversity. Pictured is the Musselroe wind farm in far north-east Tasmania. The Tasmanian Environmental Protection Authority has ruled a proposed wind turbine development in the state's north-west can go ahead, but for only seven months a year due to environmental concerns. Picture: Eric J Woehler/ Supplied
The residents of Circular Head in Tasmania can count themselves lucky to have a powerful voice like Brown's on their side. As Judith Sloan writes in the Spectator Australia this week, it is a mealy-mouthed term that is easily manipulated.