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Abbott deliberately slowing debate, to undermine wind energy – Senator Milne

Glenn Lazarus accuses Government, Labor of ‘dirty deal’ over renewable energy target, ABC News  By political correspondent Louise Yaxley ,19 June 15 

“……Greens senator Christine Milne said it would not mean certainty. “You just have to look at the Prime Minister’s words,” she said. “He said that the reason the RET is 33,000 gigawatt hours is not that he wants to give certainty to the renewable energy industry.

“No. It is 33,000 gigawatt hours because he could not get it any lower. “That is as low as he could go in this Senate, but he will go lower if he can.

“In terms of whether it means more wind turbines, what did the Prime Minister say? He can’t stand them. There are too many of them. He does not want to see any more of them. But he spoke to the loggers at their dinner and said he thinks they are marvellous; they do a great job.

Slow debate attempting to undermine wind: Milne Senator Milne also accused the Government of slowing down debate on the bill to implement the new target.

“I’ll tell you why — it’s because out in the back rooms the crossbenchers are out there trying to stitch up an even worse deal with the Government,” she told the Upper House. “No doubt it’s an attempt to undermine wind.”

Victorian senator John Madigan was vocal about his concerns over wind power. He told the Senate this target would mean 2,500 new wind turbines, “which will create such havoc in our electorates and rural environments that there will be widespread community outrage”.

Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm has a similar view about the industry he refers to as “big wind”.

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is highly critical of most forms of renewable energy.”If you think you can stop the world’s climate from changing by making pensioner’s pay more for their energy, by building wind farms and by mandating renewable energy targets, then you are worse than deluded,” she said.

“You are dangerously deluded and you should be locked up.”http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-18/glenn-lazarus-accuses-government-labor-of-dirty-ret-deal/6554764

June 19, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics