'A crock': why many Australians still aren't sold on wind and solar farms

Nearly two thirds of people in regional NSW and half of regional Victorians are worried about the impact of large-scale renewable projects on wildlife and the environment.

As Australia moves away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, new polling shows 60 per cent of regional NSW and half of regional Victorians are also concerned about a lack of compensation for land owners directly affected by wind turbines, batteries, solar farms and transmission lines.

A farmer mustering lambs and ewes with wind turbines in the distance at his property in Tarago, NSW. File picture by Michael Petey