Former Nationals MP Pushes to Ban Wind Farms in State Forests

MP Andrew Gee argued many families chose land near state forests expecting privacy buffers, only to find themselves facing industrial-scale wind proposals.

Andrew Gee, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs in Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on March 29, 2022. Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images

With rural communities pushing back against turbine projects in forestry zones, independent MP Andrew Gee is seeking to block wind farms in state forests.

Introducing the Stopping Wind Farms in State Forests Bill 2025, the former Nationals MP said successive governments allowed turbines in pine plantations without proper protections for nearby residents, creating what he called a planning and political failure.