From WA Senator Tyron Whitten
Western Australia Labor has bulldozed due process and rammed through the Scott River Wind Farm without a full environmental review, and everyday West Australians will foot the bill through higher power prices and federal subsidies.
The WA EPA has given the project the green light despite clear environmental dangers, including the disturbance of acid sulphate soils in the southern wetlands, the same risks that forced BHP to abandon a contaminated site in the region twenty years ago.
Locals were given just seven days to comment. Of 384 submissions, a massive 321 demanded a public environmental review. The EPA ignored them and then declared West Australians have no right of appeal.
This is a blatant failure of transparency and accountability.
One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten warned the implications are national. “If Labor can get away with this in WA, what’s stopping other states doing the same? This could have huge impacts federally.”
Senator Whitten added, “If the Government truly wants to protect the environment, why are they building this wind farm in such an environmentally sensitive area?
“The Scott River Wind Farm threatens delicate and unique ecosystems, and it’s unacceptable that local voices are being pushed aside while the EPA charges ahead without proper scrutiny.
“We will keep fighting to stop reckless Net Zero-driven decisions that damage our environment and drive-up Australians’ power bills,” Senator Whitten said.
Unlike Labor and the Coalition, One Nation will withdraw from the Paris Agreement and put an end to the reckless Net Zero Agenda, which is forcing Australians to pay skyrocketing energy bills under the ridiculous premise that this will save the planet.