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ARTICLE · 17 DECEMBER 2012

Australian Parliament Senate Rejects Anti-Wind Bill, Notes Nocebo Effect

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An Australian Senate Committee has issued its report recommending rejection of an anti-wind private members bill, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill 2012.

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An Australian Senate Committee has issued its report recommending rejection of an anti-wind private members bill, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill 2012. The Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications received 245 oral and written submissions, and issued a substantial report on November 28.

Overall, the committee came to the same conclusions as every other major study of anti-wind claims:

3.23 There is limited, and contested, published evidence that wind farm noise may be associated with annoyance and sleep disturbance in some individuals, but the causes are not clear...

3.44 The committee concludes that, while it is possible that the human body may detect infrasound in several ways, there is no evidence to suggest that inaudible infrasound (either from wind turbines or other sources) is creating health problems. In contrast, there is an established literature confirming the existence of

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