Wind power: senators want moratorium on turbines until health studies conclude

Coalition senator Chris Back joins independent senator John Madigan's call put projects on hold as a 'precaution'

Two members of a Senate inquiry into the health effects of wind farms - including a Coalition backbencher - have called for a moratorium on building new turbines until two separate medical studies conclude.

On Tuesday, the National Health and Medical Research Council announced that it would allocate $3.3m for two university studies on whether noise emitted from wind turbines, known as infrasound, affected health, sleep and mood.