Overview

• Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said the government will scrap the Forest Wind Farm Development Act and cancel the proposal.
• The project envisioned up to 226 turbines about 160 metres tall across state forests in Gympie, Maryborough and the Fraser Coast, targeting power for roughly 500,000 homes.
• A February 2025 planning pathway now requires large wind farms to be impact-assessable with compulsory public input, replacing the previous streamlined approach.
• Environmental groups, including the Queensland Conservation Council, condemned the repeal and argued pine plantations are suitable sites for turbines.
• Labor warned the decision risks driving renewable investment to other states, while the government cited local anxiety and said the project had lost a venture partner and landholder support.