Queensland LNP Government Axes $1 Billion Wind Farm Project

The government said it received 550 submissions on the project, with 85 percent expressing doubt about it going ahead.

Wind turbines can be seen in Albany, Western Australia, on Aug 4, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has cancelled a $1 billion (US$650 million) wind farm project in his state citing lack of community support.

The Liberal National Party (LNP) government brought the curtain down on the Moonlight Range Wind Farm on May 26 a project located 40 kilometres north-west of the central city of Rockhampton.