Please also sign the Federal Petition here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7087 (please copy and paste link into your browser)

We are sick of the plunder of threatened species habitat for renewable developments in Australia in an extinction crisis. The unfettered decimation of important wilderness for wind, solar, BESS, transmission lines, pumped hydro and gas pipelines must stop.

Our precious iconic Koalas and Greater Gliders are paying the price with their lives for the renewable energy transition. This is not climate action!

A false choice: Responsible action on climate change does not shift our climate crisis onto our biodiversity crisis. Wind energy facilities are being sited within remnant vegetation in high elevation landscapes along the Great Dividing Range of eastern Queensland. Biodiversity is being threatened. Vital carbon stores and climate refugia are being lost.

Raptors and bats are currently being annihilated at North Queensland wind farms. Raptors are never predated upon by cats, neither are bats. Low reproducing raptor populations are now being wiped out by turbines in FNQ.

 “Out of sight, out of mind” suits the multinational proponents of renewable energy facilities. However, these remote mountainous locations are where our Koalas, Greater Gliders, Red Goshawks and other threatened species live. These species will perish once their habitat is gone or there is a barrier to vital feeding, breeding and resting grounds.

Insect populations are also being decimated at wind and solar energy facilities. Insects are vitally important to the healthy function of ecosystems. They also provide essential ecosystem services to the agricultural and horticultural industries. All wildlife matters, not just threatened species. 

The geographic scale of wind farms, solar farms, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and transmission line extensions to reach Net-Zero is difficult to comprehend and is rarely made clear in the media. The very large footprint and the opportunistic siting of this infrastructure by Proponents have led to the conflicts with nature.

The Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development include Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity and the Precautionary principle. These principles are enshrined in state and federal government regulations but have largely been ignored in the rollout of renewable energy infrastructure.

Our Federal EPBC Act has offered little protection for threatened species. State governments have actively weakened regulations to fast-track renewable energy projects. The rollout to date has been chaotic. 

It's time to stop this rushed, unplanned, catastrophic rollout and safeguard what's left of our habitat in Australia.