Voice for Walcha
By Voice For Walcha
Voice for WalchaOct 17, 2022
The Facts Speak For Themselves
As part of the Exhibition of Winterbourne Wind’s EIS in November 2022, the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) asked a number of Government agencies to report their findings about that document. Those findings also available for all to read, many pages of them, but not a positive word for Vestas and Winterbourne Wind to hide their perfidy behind.
Is this really the future Walcha wants?
John Heffernan reads Is this really the future Walcha wants from the Apley Advocate 8/3/23
Gone With the Wind
John Heffernan reads his poem "Gone With the Wind"
Voice for Walcha - A Presentation to Walcha Council
On Thursday December 7, Voice for Walcha was granted a session with Walcha Council, allowing the community group to raise several very important issues concerning Winterbourne Wind Farm. The session opened with a report on the survey of Walcha community’s attitude to the wind farm project. Then it followed with a video of a selection of individual community members expressing their feelings and opinions about the various aspects of the project. After that a number of significant failings were highlighted in the 4000 page Environmental Impact Statement published by Vestas, particularly in regard to the depletion of crucial local resources of water and gravel during the construction and post-construction phases of the project, plus a frank outline of looming road and traffic issues as well as a brief look at the major matter of decommissioning twenty years or so in the future. The session ended with a reaching out by Voice for Walcha to help Council adopt a clear realistic set of guidelines for renewable energy development in the future.
This was a franks, honest and open meeting that put a number of key, crucially important issues front and centre as needing Council’s attention. In fact it was so important that Voice for Walcha has decided to make a podcast of it available so that the whole Walcha community can also be made aware of the important matters raised in the Council session.
The video mentioned in the podcast can be viewed here :
youtu.be/pn4vr9475R4
Voice for Walcha - Health Concerns with Lynda McCallum
Lynda talks about her health since moving to Walcha, and her concerns in regards to the Wind Farm developments in the district.
Winterbourne Wind Farm - Health Impacts
John Heffernan shares his observations of the health related issues in the Winterbourne Environmental Impact Statement.
Winterbourne Wind Farm - Social Impacts
John Heffernan shares his observations after reading the Social Impacts section of the Winterbourne Environmental Impact Statement.
Turbines on my Mind - Episode 2
Another Podcast with John Heffernan and a number of Walcha locals discussing Wind Farm development
TURBINES ON MY MIND
Getting the full picture means finding key facts and making sure they’re right, something that’s never easy when fact and fiction start fiddling with each other.
01 Intro
02 Finding Answers
03 Matters that Matter
04 Green Matters
05 Developing Matters
06 Environment Matters
07 Installation Matters
08 Transport Matters
09 Construction Matters
10 Community Matters
11 Health Matters
12 Alternative Matters
13 Size Matters
14 Decommissioning Matters
15 Future Matters
16 Thanks for Listening
Visit Voiceforwalcha.com to find out more