Windfarm opponents in Nundle accuse NSW of double standards

Renewables should be developed where regional communities want them', ministers have said

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Residents of the town of Nundle are calling on the New South Wales government to impose the same standards of community consent for existing renewable development proposals as it has for the state's new renewable energy zones.

As the first two of five REZs were declared in the central west-Orana and New England regions, the NSW government's electricity infrastructure roadmap mandated that renewables are developed where regional communities want them".

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