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𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝗟𝗗.

𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

Details on what to include in the submission can be found in the link below:

https://www.planning.qld.gov.au/.../Proposed-Call-In...

Submissions can be sent to

Deputy Premier

Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning

Minister for Industrial Relations

c/- Director,

Improvement and Assessment Division Planning Group

Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning

Email: ministerial.callin@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au

Post: PO Box 15009, CITY EAST QLD 4002

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗫

𝗪𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗬: 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅, 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝗟𝗗, 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱.

𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Located in Morinish South, about 40km west of the township of Rockhampton in Central Queensland.

Located in the Brigalow Belt bioregion.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁: The Moonlight Range Wind Farm is a vast industrial scale wind complex proposed across six farming properties, 40 kilometres west of Rockhampton. Abuts Morinish State Forest.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 88 turbines and a BESS across 20,000 hectares land parcel.

𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀: This vast wind complex will only create 10 permanent roles. Are they locally based and fulltime? Who knows.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Greenleaf and Brookfield, a foreign multinational energy corporation.

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲: Moonlight Range wind farm site is mountainous, with rocky outcrops at higher altitudes and alluvial systems such as creeks, drainage lines and plains. 11,596 ha is remnant or regrowth woodland, forest, or dry rainforest. Areas within the eastern portion of the Project Area are in good condition and have connectivity with Morinish State Forest.

A huge swathe of habitat will be lost: 741 ha of remnant and regrowth vegetation will be cleared.

No thermal drones were used to detect arboreal wildlife.

Powerful Owls, White Throated Needltails, Yellow Bellied Gliders, Greater Gliders, Ghost Bats and Koalas all have the potential to occur on this massive site.

A total of eight raptor species were observed during the seven field surveys. These species were:

• Australian hobby

• Brown falcon

• Brown goshawk

• Pacific baza

• Peregrine falcon

• Nankeen kestrel

• Wedge-tailed eagle

• Whistling kite

Raptors and bats are prone to turbine strike.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲:

𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁: there is 79.4 ha disturbance to essential

habitat. Essential habitat is triggered by the same criteria as for endangered and vulnerable wildlife

𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗮, total impact of development of 894.1ha of habitat loss.

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗹 – total impact of development will cause 1,101 ha habitat loss.

𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 will lose 483.7 ha of breeding and foraging habitat.

𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻 (𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻) will lose 1045.6 ha of habitat. During surveys they were seen on 15 separate occasions, with the largest flock numbering eight individuals.

𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗮 will lose 917.8 ha of habitat.

𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁 – total development impact 549.1 ha

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