Local roads were never designed for continuous heavy industrial traffic, oversized vehicles and ongoing construction movement. Communities are concerned about road degradation, safety risks, increased heavy vehicle movements and the long-term burden placed on regional infrastructure.

Mobile phone coverage is almost non-existent in this area which makes calling for help in the case of an accident or emergency, near impossible.

There is not enough infrastructure in our towns to accommodate hundreds of workers that will need to be brought in for development and maintenance of such huge projects, particularly when there are so many proposed at once.

The region has lived experience of major bushfires and evacuation challenges. Concerns continue to grow around the addition of large-scale battery infrastructure, transmission corridors and industrial energy developments in a high-risk rural fire environment.

Mt Fairy is home to native wildlife, threatened species and important biodiversity corridors. Residents are concerned about habitat fragmentation, vegetation clearing and the long-term impact industrial development may have on already vulnerable ecosystems. Find our dossier of species here.

The scale and volume of simultaneous developments has created significant stress, fatigue and division across rural communities. Many residents feel overwhelmed by constant consultation processes, planning documents and the pressure of defending their homes, properties and livelihoods. Of particular concern are our valued members of the Defence Force in our area.

Residents fear the gradual transformation of productive farmland and open countryside into an industrial energy corridor. The concern is not about one project alone, but the permanent change to the identity, landscape and future of rural communities across the region.

Despite the overlap of projects, infrastructure and landholders, developments continue to be assessed individually rather than for their combined effect on the region. This remains one of the community’s strongest concerns.