Below: In April, 2015, Waleed Aly, co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television program The Project, presented a humorous critique of Australia's failure to sustain a renewable energy target.
Below: A wind farm promotion, prepared by popular lobby group Get Up, urging the Abbott Government to support the renewable energy target.
The discussion suggests this discriminates against poor parents.
Below: Roger Fenwick, a south Gippsland farmer living near the wind farm at Toora, has explained the difficulties he believes the farm causes for farmers and others living in the region.
Below:On February 23, 2015, SunriseOn7 presented a segment looking at the supposed advantages and disadvantages of wind farms for those living near them.
Web links, documents
On July 13, 2015, The New Daily published an analysis and comment by Paul Bongiorno titled 'Abbott's deep well of hostility to renewable energy'
The article examines the attitudes and policy positions of Tony Abbott and his government regarding renewable energy and suggests an entrenched opposition to these energy sources.
The full text can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/07/13/abbotts-deep-deep-well-hostility-renewable-energy/
On July 13, 2015, In Daily published a news report titled 'Feds favour large-scale solar over wind'
The report looks at a directive from the Federal Government to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation' advising the Corporation to fund large-scale solar develops and not wind farms.
The full report can be accessed at http://indaily.com.au/business/2015/07/13/feds-favours-large-scale-solar-over-wind/
On June 26, 2015, The Guardian published a feature article and commentary titled, '
Minimal sound and almost no fury: life in the shadow of Australia's windfarm "hell".
Written by Calla Wahlquist, the piece examines the situation of those living near the Collgar wind farm near Merredin in Western Australia, one of the largest wind farms in the southern hemisphere. The views expressed by those interviewed are supportive of wind farms.
The full text of the article can be accessed at http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/26/minimal-sound-and-almost-no-fury-life-in-the-shadow-of-australias-windfarm-hell
On June 12, 2015, ABC News posted a report titled 'Tony Abbott wants fewer 'visually awful' wind farms, wishes Howard government never implemented Renewable Energy Target'
The report details the comments the Prime Minister made to Sydney talkback radio host Alan Jones, indicating Abbott's opposition to wind farms.
The full text can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-11/abbott-wants-to-reduce-wind-farms-wishes-ret-never-implemented/6539164
In 2015 the anti-wind power lobby group, Wind Power Problems Org, updated its Internet site treating the negative consequences it claims are associated with wind power production.
The site details environmental, economic, technical and health problems.
These claims can be accessed at http://wind-power-problems.org/wind-power-problems.html
On March 31, 2015, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) published a media release titled 'RET must not undermine Australian LNG competitiveness'
The statement stresses the importance of Australia's renewable energy targets not undermining the competitiveness of Australia's natural gas exports.
APPEA is the peak national body representing Australia's oil and gas exploration and production industry.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.appea.com.au/media_release/ret-must-not-undermine-australian-lng-competitiveness/
On May 6, 2013, ABC Radio National's science program Ockham's Razor presented a broadcast from Sue Taylor, a birdwatcher and author of John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia.
The broadcast was titled 'Thousands of birds paying a high price for green energy'
Ms Taylor is concerned about the threat wind farms pose to Australia's bird populations.
The full text of the broadcast can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/bird-strikes-at-wind-farms/4668750
On July 25, 2011, the ABC's current affairs program, Four Corners, telecast 'Against the Wind' examining the claims made by those opposed to wind farms and the responses of those who dispute these claims.
The telecast can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110725/wind/
One the same page of the ABC site are links to six other sources of significant information on this issue.
