The Australian Wind Alliance is one of 51 diverse groups calling for Australia to transition quickly to a low carbon future - including  renewables - or be hurt economically. Representatives of the groups met...

Australian Wind Alliance national coordinator Andrew Bray fronted the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines public hearing in Canberra this week and challenged the committee to be constructive, not destructive. He was joined on...

When John DeGroote and Charlie Prell spoke up for small business and farming in the Goulburn region at a Senate hearing in Canberra earlier this week they knew they had many people behind them....

The nightmare that was the RET Review is over. As of the 18th May we have a bipartisan agreement of 33,000GW by 2020 with no biannual reviews and the inclusion of biomass still to...

Submission to the Senate Wind Inquiry Here's the full thing and here's the exec summary: The Australian Wind Alliance is a not-for-profit, community-based advocacy group to promote wind power. We have over 450 financial...

When the current Senate Inquiry into Wind Turbines was launched it showed every sign of being an attack on wind farms and a launching pad for increased regulation of an already heavily regulated industry....

Time for parties to step up on wind energy The electorate of Goulburn has as much to gain from future wind farm development as any electorate in the state.  

CEFC says renewable energy taken back 12 years by Abbott Government The Australian Wind Alliance said there’s further proof today that the Abbott Government has gutted the renewable energy industry.  The Clean Energy Finance...

With the NSW state election only around two months away, the issue of wind power and renewable energy is appearing on the radar of politicians and voters alike, particularly in regional NSW where renewable...

Actually, this guy is no ordinary farmer. He's one of our NSW organisers, Charlie Prell, who runs a sheep farm in Crookwell, north of Goulburn in NSW. And the other people in the video...

ALP policy to fix Victoria’s wind farm laws good for farmers and small businesses but could go further The Australian Wind Alliance today welcomed the ALP’s commitment to fix parts of the Victorian wind...

Our thanks to Matt Grudnoff from the Australia Institute for this excellent summary of where the government finds itself after dumping their deeply unpopular and flawed Warburton Review. Cross posted with permission from The...

Labor needs to help Australia aim higher on RET Andrew Bray from the Australian Wind Alliance has said today that he's disappointed Labor is willing to compromise on aspects on the renewable energy target,...

The Victorian Wind Alliance today expressed disappointment that the government’s review into renewable energy will give no consideration to the most important impacts of renewable energy in country Victoria – jobs and investment. The...

Friday 29 November 2013 This afternoon, a band of eager VicWind members were treated to a tour to the Macarthur Wind Farm in South West Victoria. Site manager, Shaun Harrison was the tour guide,...

The fight to get back Waubra's name moved into the offices of local politicians when a group of Waubra community leaders met with Senator John Madigan in Ballarat to ask him to back their...

The community of the small farming town of Waubra in Western Victoria took an important step forward today and sent off a petition with 316 signatures to the anti-wind campaigning organisation, the Waubra Foundation,...

The Victorian Wind Alliance has called on the Waubra Foundation to immediately change its name to avoid further denigration of an entire community by associating them with a disease that does not exist.

Portland-region VicWind supporters and members rallied to boost the morale of the local wind sector at a meeting in the town on Tuesday. Twenty small businesspeople, wind workers, renewable energy advocates, environmentalists and trainers...

The video series Waubra: The Way The Wind Blows was a way for the residents of Waubra to have their say on wind energy. In these videos you will meet some of these down-to-earth...

Monday 12th August Around 25 VicWind members gathered in Ballarat to hear the latest research on wind farm planning and health issues from experts in the field. Farmers from wind districts around Ballarat, wind...

Few people have been involved with the construction of Australian wind farms as long as Daryl O’Flaherty. Daryl’s an oversized pilot, by which I don’t mean he’s spent too long flying planes and drinking...

JASON “Grub” Bannam loves his job. Working as a welder on massive wind towers has taught the former postie many things, and he enjoys the camaraderie of his workplace, too. But he worries that...

A new Victorian Department of Health review gives wind farms the tick of approval when it comes to public health.  The Department of Health review investigated the potential for infrasound to adversely affect human health. The...