{"id":17448,"date":"2011-09-23T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2012-01-25T08:46:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T13:46:04","slug":"the-government-failed-to-protect-my-familys-health-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/the-government-failed-to-protect-my-familys-health-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"“The government failed to protect my family’s health” (Australia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00b7<\/span>
\nPlea to the Governor-General of Australia
\n\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>The<\/span> Honorable Quentin Bryce<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>
\n“Please do not let what has happened to my family, happen to anyone else!<\/a>\u201d<\/h6>\n

Dear Governor-General Bryce,<\/p>\n

I am writing to you, hoping that you will listen to people like me that have had experience living very close to wind turbines<\/a> (wind farms). \u00a0We have had our whole lives destroyed<\/a> from living extremely close to a very poorly planned wind farm built by Acciona Energy Company<\/a> (Spain).<\/p>\n

We have 4200 acres at Waubra, our entire farm is surrounded by wind turbines. \u00a0Our family home is 800 to 900 metres from 4 turbines.<\/p>\n

Acciona has purchased 8 homes<\/a>. \u00a0I can\u2019t work it out; the company keeps telling us there is no problem at Waubra. \u00a0But why have they purchased 8 properties? \u00a0We think it was because the turbines were too close to homes, and were too noisy.<\/p>\n

All those families did not want to leave their homes<\/a>, but they had no choice because of the health impacts<\/a>. \u00a0Living too close to the wind farm has destroyed what they once had, too<\/a>. \u00a0The primary school has about 20 less children because so many families in the area have moved away—and we are one of those families. \u00a0(My son has had to leave Waubra Primary school.)<\/p>\n

We had no choice but to walk away from our family home because the health impact and noise from the wind turbines were so bad<\/a>. \u00a0I have had people call me from all over the place, WA, QLD, NSW, SA and America asking for advice. \u00a0People all over the world are having the same problems. \u00a0The turbines at Waubra were the biggest turbines that had been built and they are only going to get bigger and the health problem will, as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>From the Acciona<\/span> website<\/a><\/p>\n

I just don\u2019t understand why these wind farms aren\u2019t being built all over Australia\u2019s “open country,” and why are wind farms being built (or approved) in places where people live? \u00a0It is very un-Australian to be forced out of your home and have to purchase a house in Ballarat (which we did). \u00a0It has put huge financial pressure on my family and I, but we had no choice but to leave. \u00a0Our health is number one and it was really suffering<\/a>, living so close to wind turbines. I do not want this to happen to other Australian families.<\/p>\n

Wind farms have got to be better planned and there has got to be a health and impact study done properly. \u00a0The Senate inquiry recommended research, as well as independent noise monitoring inside people’s homes—but nothing has been done. \u00a0We, as people living 900 metres from wind turbines, are living proof that there is a very, very serious health problem living too close to wind turbines. \u00a0The only thing in our life that has changed is the Waubra wind turbines—in our backyard.<\/p>\n

We as Australians do not just walk away for no reason from our home we built ten years ago. \u00a0We have a very big problem at Waubra. \u00a0Acciona submitted their first year report in last October, but the Minister clearly was not satisfied with the report. \u00a0I just don\u2019t understand how a non-compliant wind farm can still operate if the Victoria Planning Minister, Matthew Guy, has not signed off on the wind farm which has been in full operation for 2 years this September. \u00a0The Minister still knows there is a problem with the non-compliant wind farm. \u00a0What is he going to do to fix the current mess he inherited?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Samantha Stepnell<\/span><\/p>\n

I am no expert; I am a farmer and mother of three children. \u00a0We all care for our environment. \u00a0We plant thousands and thousands of native trees each year on our farm. \u00a0We are living proof that wind turbines built too close to homes is not the answer.<\/p>\n

I am worried that this federal government is going to drive many more families off their farms with the proposed carbon tax, as it will just be used to build more wind turbines, too close to homes and working farms. \u00a0I have told Julia Gillard about my family’s situation, but she’s not listening. \u00a0Nobody is listening!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The government has failed to protect the health of my family. \u00a0Please do not let what has happened to my family, happen to anyone else! \u00a0Please stop giving Australia\u2019s money away to Spain, and making us sick!<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>
\nSincerely,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Samantha Stepnell
\n9\/23\/11<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b7 Plea to the Governor-General of Australia \u00b7\u00a0 The Honorable Quentin Bryce \u00b7 “Please do not let what has happened to my family, happen to anyone else!\u201d Dear Governor-General Bryce, I am writing to you, hoping that you will listen to people like me that have had experience living very close to wind turbines (wind farms). \u00a0We have had our whole lives destroyed from living extremely close to a very poorly planned wind farm built by Acciona Energy Company (Spain). We have 4200 acres at Waubra, our entire farm is surrounded by wind turbines. \u00a0Our family home is 800 to 900 metres from 4 turbines. Acciona has purchased 8 homes. \u00a0I can\u2019t work it out; the company keeps telling us there is no problem at Waubra. \u00a0But why have they purchased 8 properties? \u00a0We think it was because the turbines were too close to homes, and were too noisy. All those families did not want to leave their homes, but they had no choice because of the health impacts. \u00a0Living too close to the wind farm has destroyed what they once had, too. \u00a0The primary school has about 20 less children because so many families in the area have moved away—and we are one of those families. \u00a0(My son has had to leave Waubra Primary school.) We had no choice but to walk away from our family home because the health impact and noise from the wind turbines were so bad. \u00a0I have had people call me from all over the place, WA, QLD, NSW, SA and America asking for advice. \u00a0People all over the world are having the same problems. \u00a0The turbines at Waubra were the biggest turbines that had been built and they are only going to get bigger and the health problem will, as well. From theRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}