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passionate about creating this project with the community to create jobs, reduce energy costs, and help the environment.

objectively as possible about wind energy to help the community make an informed decision as to its future. A project of this nature can only be suc-

cessful

. The project is in its very early

stages, although

and

the

Wind farm
The New England Wind community group would like to thank Liz Roan for raising herconcerns about the consultative process

community forums across New England and many hours of individual consultation. Our

consultation
undertaken

Armidale Express (and coverage in other

media).

latest effort to publicise the project has resulted in the article published by The

Wednesday's letters page (18/7). We have made a considerable effort to engage the community on this project over the past two and a half years (probably more than any other energy project in the state's

by New

England Wind in

While the response from Liz Roan has highlighted that there may have been some gaps in our individual consultation up until
now, we are grateful that this has been
ect.

ferred site, it will require at least a year of wind monitoring, followed by a range of community and environmental impact studies and a development application before it is considered viable. Community engagement and consultation will be continued through this whole process. . Many details of the project have not been decided at this stage and may not be for

Herbert Park site is currently nominated as the pre-

involved from start to finish. We would sincerelyaskforanyone with concerns about or interest in the communitywind farm to make contact and even become involved. We will provide as much information as possible. We also offer an open invitation for any interested persons or groups to join our wind farm study tour to Lake George in September. More information at www.newenglandwind.coop
ProJect Director

if the community is legitimately

Adam Blakester

NewEnglandWind
I WRITE in response to the vacuous questions posed by B.E. Dollery in this paper (l l/T). Mr Dollery implies that sornehow the

brought to our attention so early in the projWe see this as a valuable opportunity to highlight a few important facts about this

some time (even the preferred site was

history given that we are still years away

from formally applying to develop the project). This has included several advertised open

decided only very recently). While there has been great support from this community to date, we certainly recognise that some people may not have much

Armidale branch of the ALP can be held accountable regarding the imbroglio pertaining to both the Health Services Union

project:

r New England Wind is currently led by a

small group of dedicated volunteers who are

information about wind energy, and thus may be legitimately concerned about its imfact. It is our goal to inform people as

Thomson. As Mr Dollery full well knows, no connection exists and as such those questions raised by him should be treated with the utmost contempt that they deserve. The one valid and pertinent question that

and its former national secretary Craig

Mr Dollery did raise asked "when will the ALP Branch take a stand against the NSW Labor Party". In response to this question, I am happy to restate that the Armidale branch has for more than a decade now - and will continue to do so when necessary - taken a stand on issues that we believe to be correct irrespective of the positions taken in Sussex or
Macquarie Street.

TonyRamsaY

Armidale ALP Branch President

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