Victorian government MP, Andrew Katos, has publicly questioned the Napthine government’s anti-wind farm laws just weeks out from the state election. The move signals growing tension amid Liberal ranks about the controversial policy.

Renewable energy is a mainstream issue as the Victorian election campaign officially begins. The writs have been signed and the state is now in caretaker mode.

Liberal candidate for the hotly-contested seat of Macedon, Donna Petrovich, has shifted her position on wind energy as a result of a community campaign. The move could signal a shift on wind energy policy from the Napthine government.

The 400-strong People’s Climate March in Kyneton, 21 September.

Macedon Ranges residents ‘ride for renewables’,

visit the site of what could be Victoria’s next community wind farm.

Macedon Ranges residents gather on the border of the govt’s blanket ban on wind farms.

Friends of the Earth today hand delivered a submission to the Victorian Red Tape Commissioner calling for the Napthine government’s anti-wind farm laws to be investigated.

The community-owned Hepburn Wind Farm, located in the seat of Macedon.

The Coalition’s anti-wind farm laws is front-page news in the contested seat of Macedon.

A picture of the People’s Climate March in Kyneton.