6 April

There's no such thing as 'the community'. Community consultation will mean getting the views of a whole range of people, many if not most of which will disagree with each other, and nearly all of which will just be some re-hashed propaganda from major political parties and industry groups. For example this movement in the bush against renewables? It didn't even exist, until Barnaby Joyce made it exist. Farmers welcomed solar and wind farms because it gave them regular and secure income for the first time. Joyce only made it exist to distract people from his drunken public behaviour, and dumping his wife for a young member of staff he'd been rooting.