22.03.2024

Have your say: your opportunity to say NO to Lotus Creek wind farm batching plants

URGENT: Please can you spare 5 minutes to help threatened KOALAS and GREATER GLIDERS by SAYING No to the proposed Lotus Creek Batching Plants

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE: 3 April 2024

WRITE TO: liveability.sustainability@isaac.qld.gov.au

QUOTE IN EMAIL HEADER: MCU23/0014 - Material Change of Use for High Impact Industry

WHY DO WE OPPOSE THE BATCHING PLANTS?

We oppose 3 proposed Batching Plants for Lotus Creek wind development because:

- A total of 101 Koala (Endangered) and 131 Greater Glider (Vulnerable) sightings were recorded within the site.

- Three threatened bird species were spotted here: the Powerful Owl, the White-throated Needletail and the Squatter Pigeon, all Vulnerable.

-16 species of microbat live onsite, as well as a huge variety of reptiles including snakes and skinks

- 297.9 ha of remnant and regrowth vegetation will be cleared plus trimming 44.4 ha of remnant or regrowth vegetation. Another 32.53 ha of non-remnant area will be cleared and 16.4 ha of non-remnant vegetation will be trimmed.

- Wildlife deaths are likely to occur from loss of hollow bearing trees, food trees and habitat clearance. Deaths from vehicle strike can occur.

- Noise of wind turbines may mask mating calls of Koalas.

- Noise, light and vibration of turbines may push out species living in adjacent habitat.

- It's unclear if lighting of turbines at night will attract bats and insects.

- Spinning wind turbines are well known to cause raptor and bat death.

- Deaths from reduced habitat connectivity can occur. Wildlife will no longer have the same vegetation to shelter and move in.

- The total ecological impact of wind farm will never be known as not all deaths can be documented.

- It's a SLOW EXTINCTION - a death of one thousand cuts from wind farms like Lotus Creek. This is why we oppose the 3 proposed batching plants.

READ OUR SUBMISSION

LINK to detailed information: https://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/Residents/Planning-and-Development/Current-Development-in-Isaac/Development-Applications/MCU230014-Material-Change-of-Use-for-High-Impact-Industry-Temporary-concrete-batching-plants