Podcasts · The Karl Stefanovic Show
Wind Farms Are Splitting Country Towns. Who Gets a Say?
· 36 min · S1 E113
Episode Wind Farms Are Splitting Country Towns. Who Gets a Say?
Neville and Gladys retired to cattle country near Jandowae, Queensland, for peace, cattle and a view of the Bunya Mountains. Then some of the tallest wind turbines in Australia went up next door.
“I’m not against wind farms,” Neville says. “But you don’t want to be looking at them all the time.”
Karl heads out west to the Wambo Wind Farm to ask who decides where turbines go, and who lives with the decision. For the farmers hosting them, turbines are good money. The town gets a community fund. But for the neighbours who turned down the offer to host, it’s the noise, the shadow flicker, property values, and a community that’s been split.
Karl also hears from neighbour Fiona Duff, and from local member David Littleproud on setbacks, noise limits and who pays to pull them down in 30 years. Wambo was approved in 2020, before Queensland tightened its wind farm rules in 2025.
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