State Liberal Party Leader Isobel Redmond said: “The South Australian Liberals believe wind farms must not be approved on sites where they create negative economic and social effects.”

If elected, the Party proposes to:

  • Ban new wind turbines from being built closer than 2 kms from an existing home
  • Allow third-party appeal rights
  • Help develop national guidelines regarding separation distances and noise emissions
  • Develop a state-wide zoning plan outlining where industrial wind turbines will be allowed
  • Adopt a new approval process for wind farms which will consider associated infrastructure.

Clean Energy Council Acting Chief Executive Officer, Kane Thornton, said: “As we’ve seen in Victoria, such measures would effectively make South Australia a ‘no-go’ zone for wind farms, driving billions of dollars of investment from the state."