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In Kalapa, cattle and coal are greener than wind power

Despite some loud claims to the contrary, farmers are opposed to renewable developments because they care about the bushland they live in.

Matt CanavanAustralian senator

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Just west of Rockhampton are rolling hills of subtropical bushland. Pioneers named the area “Kalapa”, the Aboriginal word for the local wasps and hornets.

The area is now dominated by cattle and a coal-fired power station. The cattle industry did not clear the hills, so they remain in a pristine state full of koalas and sugar gliders, and probably the wasps and hornets too.

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Matt Canavan is a Nationals senator for Queensland.

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