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Joe Hockey attacks wind turbines as 'utterly offensive'
The ACT government has ridiculed Joe Hockey for describing wind turbines at Lake George as “utterly offensive” and is vowing to push ahead with funding more wind farms in the region.
The federal Treasurer said on Friday wind farms were a “blight on the landscape”, in the latest sign the Abbott Government’s first budget could wind back support for renewable energy.
Mr Hockey said that driving to Canberra from Sydney meant he passed the Bungendore windfarm near Lake George on the NSW side of the ACT border.
“Can I be a little indulgent? I drive to Canberra to go to parliament ... and I must say I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive,” he told Alan Jones on Macquarie Radio. “I think they’re a blight on the landscape.”
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/joe-hockey-attacks-wind-turbines-as-utterly-offensive-20140502-zr3co.html#ixzz30YqIeFO9
The federal Treasurer said on Friday wind farms were a “blight on the landscape”, in the latest sign the Abbott Government’s first budget could wind back support for renewable energy.
Mr Hockey said that driving to Canberra from Sydney meant he passed the Bungendore windfarm near Lake George on the NSW side of the ACT border.
“Can I be a little indulgent? I drive to Canberra to go to parliament ... and I must say I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive,” he told Alan Jones on Macquarie Radio. “I think they’re a blight on the landscape.”
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/joe-hockey-attacks-wind-turbines-as-utterly-offensive-20140502-zr3co.html#ixzz30YqIeFO9
Things I find utterly offensive:
1. Joe Hockey
2. Joe Hockey polluting the city I live in with his presence
3. Forcing people to work till they're 70
4. Joe Hockey
5. Suggestions designed to kill off our universal health care system
6. Joe Hockey
7. Cuts to education
I don't find wind farms offensive at all. I love seeing those ones off across the lake whenever I'm driving to Goulburn or Sydney...
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