Wind Farms Are Splitting Country Towns. Who Gets a Say?

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Neville and Gladys retired to cattle country near Jandowae, Queensland, for peace, cattle and a view of the Bunya Mountains. Then some of the tallest wind turbines in Australia went up next door. “I’m not against wind farms,” Neville says. “But you don’t want to be looking at them all the time.” Karl heads out west to the Wambo Wind Farm to ask who decides where turbines go, and who lives with the decision. For the farmers hosting them, turbines are good money. The town gets a community fund.…