WHAT ABOUT WIND FARMS. DON’T THEY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS?

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott described wind farms as the “dark satanic mills of the modern era”, and questioned their impact on human health, but Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Andrew Dyer (inset) said after five years of investigating health complaints connected to wind farms, he’s been “unable to draw a causation or causality between the stated health condition and the operation of the wind farm”.

“Most of the complaints we receive are about proposed wind farms during the development stage

and relate to the fear of the unknown and whether people are handled well or not so well by [project] proponents,” Mr Dyer said. “Once the wind farm is built and running, the complaints generally go away.”

Two federal government studies, one on the impact of audible sound and the other on the effect of lowfrequency sound, are set to publish their results later this year.

“But there haven’t been any findings that have been conveyed to me at least, and I keep reasonable track on how these things are going, that would cause any reason for concern,” Mr Dyer said.