Energy Minister Responds to Opposition Pledge to Axe Offshore Wind Farm

The Albanese government has responded after the federal opposition pledged to cancel a proposed offshore wind farm along the coast of Western Australia. This project, spanning 4,000 square kilometres from Mandurah (south of the capital Perth) to Dunsborough, could accommodate up to 700 wind towers. “[Opposition Leader] Peter Dutton’s own party wanted offshore wind so much they wrote the legislation to make it happen and set the rules for how consultation should run,” a spokesperson for Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s office told The Epoch Times. He further said the Coalition had previously supported the project for “local jobs and Australian industry.”...