How you can help our campaign

In May 2008, the developer of the Molonglo Ridge wind farm announced that they were abandoning the project because it was not viable.

Thank you to all our supporters who signed our petition, joined the MLG, and wrote letters to the NSW Minister/s for planning and our Local Government representatives.

If you are a member of a community being threatened with an unwanted wind farm development, this page lists some of the things we did in our campaign.

Write to the Minister

The Molonglo Ridge wind farm proposal will be considered, and ultimately approved, by the NSW Minister for Planning. Write to the Minister expressing your opposition to this proposal at:

Hon Kristina Keneally MP,
Minister for Planning
Level 31 Governor Macquarie Tower,
1 Farrer Place,
Sydney NSW 2000

Fax (02) 9228 5811
Telephone (02) 9228 5499

office@keneally.minister.nsw.gov.au

Please note: following a ministerial reshuffle in 2008, Minister Keneally has been allocated responsibility for matters under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, including the approval of wind farms.

Sign our petition

Download and sign our petition opposing the wind farm proposal on the Molonglo Ridge. Ask your friends and family to sign too. Return the petition to us at:

Molonglo Landscape Guardians
PO Box 775
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Join the Molonglo Landscape Guardians

Membership of the Molonglo Landscape Guardians is open to any person who supports our stated aim of protecting the Molonglo Ridges and surrounding area from innapproriate development, such as a wind farm. There is no joining fee.

To join, you will need to complete a membership application form.

Click here to find out more about the Molonglo Landscape Guardians

Comment on the EIS (when it is finally released)

EHN set the following timetable, but never even came close to meeting any of these milestones. It is reproduced here for posterity:

March 2005	Environmental studies completed
March/April 2005	Proposed wind-plant layout and draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared
April 2005	Open Days held
May 2005	Environmental Impact Statement finalised and submitted to the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (DIPNR)
May/June 2005	Public exhibition of EIS, submissions to DIPNR invited

Typical of many large projects, the approval process is weighted heavily and unfairly in favour of the developer. For example, Acciona would have had years to prepare their EIS but residents and the general public will have only one month to review it, collate and prepare a response.

Even with this unreasonably tight timeline, it is vital that you submit your comments to the Minister and ask her to review the guidelines for such projects.

If you are commenting on an EIS, you don't have to comment on every aspect of the EIS and can submit a comment or objection to any part of it.

Last Updated: 13 December, 2008