Dan Tehan windfarm rally - March 23, 2024 - The Standard - video Dailymotion

Wannon MP Dan Tehan addresses the offshore windfarm rally in Warrnambool on Saturday.

Transcript

00:00 From start to go has been a complete and utter sham.

00:06 There has been no community consultation and there is no assessment of community benefit whatsoever.

00:17 Can you imagine going into any other community in Australia and saying,

00:23 "We are going to do this and we're not going to outline to you any sort of benefit that will accrue to you."

00:33 Look at what we are doing already when it comes to renewables.

00:39 We are doing more than any other region in Australia.

00:44 And yet what the government is saying to you is,

00:48 "Without proper consultation, without any sort of assessment of community benefit,

00:53 we are going to make sure that you do more while we do nothing."

01:00 Could you imagine if this offshore wind farm zone was proposed for Port Phillip Bay?

01:07 Do you think that they would stand there and say, "Oh yeah, that's fine."

01:11 When you have the most pristine coastline in Australia and that is what we have.

01:18 That is what we have.

01:20 Where is the community benefit?

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