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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 24-May-2009 At 2:11:21 PM Paul

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On 14/05/2009 jkane wrote:
>Ex Federal Minister Ian Campbell attempted to block the Bald Hills windfarm
>development back in 2006 citing the risk to the endangered Orange Bellied
>Parrot. The report he cited actually concluded that the effect would be
>"very small – even barely noticeable - compared with natural mortality".
> It did say it would have a negative impact but it suggested that it should
>be offset by mitigation and conservation measures.

He did the same thing around 2005ish, advocated the removal of alpine grazing while in opposition however when he was minister for the environment he supported the cattle graziers and tried to get alpine cattle grazing herritage listed. He was playing the politicl game and supporting the side which suited him best at the time, in the business of trying to get re elected.