Warracknabeal

It's the Country Hour with Angus Burley from ABC Radio.

The federal government's decision on whether to approve the Warracknabeal energy park has been temporarily paused as Commonwealth assessors wait for more information.

Yesterday, the state government approved the two hundred and nineteen turbine facility, and that was the last approval required at a state level, meaning it just was now waiting for the federal approval.

However, in a statement, the National Environmental Protection Agency says its decision on whether to approve the project has been put on hold while more information is provided by the proponent, Westwind.

I know in large parts of the states you probably don't want nor need it, but I know other parts would still happily take another inch plus of rain.

You can let me know, zero four six seven eight four two seven double two is the text line.

A few texts in as well on, uh, our earlier conversation about the planning approval process for, for what would be the Southern Hemisphere's biggest wind facility in the Warracknabeal district.

Different perspectives.

Victoria green-lights hemisphere's largest wind farm.

The state government has given its final approval for the Warracknabeal energy park, which will host two hundred and nineteen turbines and be the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere.

The park would generate one point five gigawatts of wind power, enough to power one point two million homes.

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How much does a block of chocolate cost, Sandy?

Oh, here in Warracknabeal it's $8 for a block.

How long would a block last you?

Oh, three days, maybe four probably.

I'm going to the fridge right now, Dennis.

Of course you are.

Sandy, thanks for your call from, uh, Warracknabeal, probably listening through 3SH.

Karen, good evening.

On the text line, zero four six seven eight four two seven double two, Ross says, "My first year farming, nineteen eighty-two, was El Niño year.

A hundred millimeters or four inches of rain, lowest rainfall for Warracknabeal on record.

This year, above average rainf-rainfall so far." So Dale Gray, what, what other, um, weather influences, what other climate patterns and weather patterns exist in this part of the world that could influence what happens over the next few months?

That's a good point, Fiona, because El Niño is not the only piece of the puzzle.

Um, a watch point from our point of view is tonight.

We could see some severe thunderstorms developing, uh, sort of across the Mallee and then over towards the northern country overnight tonight into tomorrow morning.

So places including, um, anywhere sort of north of Warracknabeal, Burchop, Hopetoun, uh, Swan Hill, even up to Mildura could see some decent falls, uh, if we do see some of those storms forming tonight.

Uh, if you do miss out tonight, though, we are expecting further showers to come through tomorrow, uh, but the northwest of the state will be the first to see those cooler south westerly winds on the back edge of that low tomorrow.