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Marion Rae

Billions in the bush: energy wires lifeline to farmers

Wind projects are expected to deliver landholder payments to regional areas for decades. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Payments to farmers providing land to power the nation are expected to top $1 billion by 2030, and already provide a lifeline during drought and fickle global commodity prices.

Releasing a report at Parliament House on Monday as battlelines are drawn ahead of the next election, Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton said the energy transition was bringing benefits across the economy.

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