Forced to Fight for Our Livelihoods: Queensland Farmers Protest Solar Farm at Inquiry

A group of Queensland farmers are worried that 9,000-acre solar project would destroy their properties and fertile farmland in the region.
Forced to Fight for Our Livelihoods: Queensland Farmers Protest Solar Farm at Inquiry
Lightsource bp solar farm near the Anglesey village in Wales, the UK, on May 10, 2024. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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A group of farmers in Banana Shire, Queensland, say they have been forced to enter a fight against a solar project to protect their livelihood and families.

At a recent inquiry hearing, farmers Cedric Creed and Therese Creed shared about their six-year protest against a solar farm and the impacts it would have on fertile farmland in the region.

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