17 August

“…the vast majority of New England is in favour of the REZ. It’s jobs, whole new industries. It drought-proofs so many farmers.” New England is Barnaby Joyce’s electorate. When renewables started rolling out there years ago he was openly for them. Then his leadership of the Nats was terminal and he turned wind and solar farms into a fake fight, to try to fire up rural voters. Possibly the majority of those rural voters are fed up. These renewable energy farms are their only regular income option. The same applies to regional towns. Our own local Nats still trash renewables projects.