Taylor wages war on wind farms
Newly elected Liberal MP Angus Taylor, a noted anti-wind campaigner, has called for landowners near wind farms to be compensated for presumed property devaluations. His comments to the Goulburn Post follow the publication of a study which claimed some properties had suffered valuation falls of up to 60 per cent because of wind farms. “These losses in real estate value completely overwhelm the small amounts of financial assistance being offered by developers to local communities living near the turbines. It’s yet another reason why we have to review the large subsidies going to this industry,” Taylor told the newspaper. The research report, which was given a big splash in the AFR, has been criticised for its narrow focus on two properties. A previous study published by the NSW valuer general in 2009 could find no evidence of a link between the presence of wind farms and a decrease in property values.
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