Are farms being trampled on by renewable energy?

NSW is switching to renewable energy, but farmers who ostensibly support the transformation feel their rights � and their lands � are being trampled upon.

Matt Pearce is a grazier in the Yaven Creek Valley whose property was targeted to host part of a 630km transmission line connecting Australia�s largest renewable energy project Snowy 2.0 to the grid. 

Matt talks about the impact of a rushed planning process on the family farm and implications for the wider farming community.

�The whole process highlighted how flawed the system is and how Transgrid considers farmers an easy target. And given what�s about to happen across the state with the REZs, I think what is happening now is just the tip of the iceberg.� 

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