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VIDEO: Call to stop public subsidy to anti wind group Waubra Foundation

VIDEO Greens target anti-wind farm lobby group Waubra Foundation over oil industry links http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-07/greens-bid-muzzle-anti-wind-farm-lobby-waubra-foundation/5075190?section=vic By environment reporter Jake Sturmer and Sam Clark in Waubra The Greens have launched a bid to muzzle one of Australia’s most prominent anti-wind farm lobbies.

The Waubra Foundation is named after the tiny north-western Victorian town of Waubra, which is home to more than 120 wind turbines and about 500 residents. Chief executive officer Sarah Laurie travels around the country, highlighting the alleged health problems wind turbines cause.

But the National Health and Medical Research Council has said there is insufficient scientific evidence linking wind turbines with health problems.

And the Greens say there is no credible scientific or medical body that supports the existence of wind turbine syndrome.

[The organisation] being granted status as a health charity means that they are the beneficiary of enormous public subsidies. Those public subsidies are being used to spread misinformation about wind energy and its health impacts.

“[The organisation] being granted status as a health charity means that they are the beneficiary of enormous public subsidies.

“Those public subsidies are being used to spread misinformation about wind energy and its health impacts.”Senator di Natale has made a complaint to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commissioner (ACNC), calling for an urgent review.

November 8, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Audiovisual