What you said about LNP axing $1bn Moonlight Range Wind Farm

The state government’s move to can a major 88-turbine wind farm has been slammed – but readers remain torn. HAVE YOUR SAY

David Crisafulli has some big calls to make on wind farms.

The state government’s move to can a major 88-turbine wind farm has been slammed by the Opposition – but readers remain torn.

Planning Minister Jarrod Bleijie has, for the first time, used extraordinary powers to cancel the $1bn Moonlight Range Wind Farm proposal 40km northwest of Rockhampton.

Opposition Leader Steven Miles on Monday slammed the Premier’s reasoning to reject the Moonlight Range wind farm as “just dumb”.

He believed the state government’s ideological “hatred” of renewables had obstructed $1bn in investment and jobs for Central Queensland.

The Moonlight Range Wind Farm project had received planning approval from Queensland’s State Assessment and Referral Agency in December 2024; however, in January, Mr Bleijie issued a call-in notice to pause the Rockhampton project, and three others, to allow for community consultation.

Opposition energy spokesman Lance McCallum at the time said the pausing of wind farm projects through extraordinary powers showed the LNP was fundamentally opposed to a renewable energy future.

But of the more than 550 submissions received during the 40-day public consultation process, 85 per cent supported the Moonlight Range wind farm project being reviewed.

Queensland’s future with wind farms is up in the air.

Mr Bleijie on Monday revealed that following that review, the wind farm would not proceed.

He said the government was backing local communities who had raised concerns over wind farm developments, but were not consulted.

Member for Mirani Glen Kelly, who had opposed the project, said the government had listened to community concerns.

Readers, though, had their own thoughts on the topic.

Many praised David Crisafulli for making the right call, while others said it was a step backwards.

Many, however, claimed the whole issue was a mess.

See what you had to say below and join the conversation >>>

WHAT YOU SAID

We don’t need them

joe m

should bulldoze all of them, save the birds and wildlife.

Realistic

Shouldn't build them in the first place that saves a lot of trees.

Neil

Stop the woke energy ideology. Problem is Blackout Bowen got voted back in!

peter

If the locals don’t want the eye sores good on them. I would ban the lot and just build a high temperature coal fired power stations. End of problem. Coal is still doing it for Queensland now so why destroy our economy.

I have an idea

Danny

build a new coal power station, that's what is needed

Bernie

There is a simple solution to solve the electricity needed in the south east corner of the state. Instead of building the Olympic stadium in Victoria Park, use the park for clean energy so that the regional areas are not covered by ugly transmission lines.

Sigrid

Wonderful work. Now can we please get some meaningful action on saving our endangered and threatened species to cap off a fantastic start to this new govt.

William

If you get rid of the coal mines where are you going to get the money that mining companies pay royalties to governments so higher taxes to compensate.why can’t we build new generation plants like China environmentally friendly they say.

To wind farm or not to wind farm? That is the question. Picture: Richard Bouhet / AFP

It’s all a mess

Realistic

Its really comical when these windmill builders recon they power x- number of homes which is highly misleading. They should be saying that they ‘could’ power those amounts of houses only under ideal conditions, which is not very often.

Roy

The insanity is not having a viable alternative option, don’t be fooled by those in politics trying to make everything more expensive by white-anting current plans.

Dodger

So the LNP can refuse feedback from community objecting to Victoria Park being destroyed but in NQ it’s okay to cancel a wind farm?

Vortigern

The big weakness with wind farms is the very reason that Labor pushes for renewables. And that’s climate change.

Originally published as What you said about LNP axing $1bn Moonlight Range Wind Farm