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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Tanya Plibersek rejects windfarm proposed for biodiverse Queensland forest

spectacled flying-fox
The windfarm project at Wooroora Station was proposed for an area that is a vital habitat for animals including the spectacled flying-fox (pictured). Photograph: Marc McCormack/EFE/EPA

A proposed windfarm next to the wet tropics world heritage area in north Queensland will not go ahead after the federal government signalled it would refuse the project.

Ark Energy had proposed building the 42-turbine Wooroora Station windfarm – formerly known as the Chalumbin windfarm project – 15km south-west of Ravenshoe.

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