NSW agriculture minister calls Barnaby Joyce’s opposition to renewable zone ‘prehistoric’
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5BM29)
Nationals MP Adam Marshall says it was irresponsible' to oppose investment in regional areas
The New South Wales agriculture minister Adam Marshall has described comments by fellow National Barnaby Joyce opposing the state government's plan to build a renewable energy zone in the New England region as prehistoric".
Joyce said last month he would lobby against the New England renewable energy zone - one of five included in landmark legislation that passed state parliament last month - claiming it would turn the electorate into a sea of wind farms".
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