Interim Report

Interim Report

18 June 2015

© Commonwealth of Australia 2015
ISBN 978-1-76010-246-3

View the report as a single document - (PDF 192KB)


View the report as separate downloadable parts:

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE (PDF 25KB)
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS (PDF 31KB)
TERMS OF REFERENCE (PDF 7KB)
Interim report (PDF 69KB)

The committee's headline recommendations
Wind farms and human health
The need to investigate infrasound and low frequency noise from turbines and its effect on human health
An Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) on Industrial Sound
A National Environment Protection Measure on Infrasound
National Wind Farm Guidelines
Stricter monitoring and compliance of wind farms
A National Wind Farm Ombudsman
Concluding comment

Dissenting Report (PDF 62KB)

Decision to release an interim report
Inadequate terms of reference
No credible evidence of wind farm health impacts
Wind farm complaint distribution
Psychological factors
Infrasound
Steven Cooper's Cape Bridgewater study
Recommendations

Committee Secretariat contact:

Senior Clerk's Office
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3555
Fax: +61 2 6277 3899
seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au