Farmer Grant Piper slams ABC for ‘hiding the truth’ about wind turbines, claiming it selectively edited a 7.30 story [Video]

00:10 EDT 05 Apr 2024 , updated 02:15 EDT 05 Apr 2024

A farmer has accused the ABC of selectively editing an interview to cut out the real issues he has with wind turbines in his region.

Grant Piper, a cattle farmer in the central west of NSW near the city of Dubbo, said an episode of the ABC’s 7.30 that was broadcast in early February left out what he most wanted to show, which is the extent of the encroachment by wind farms. 

Dissatisfied with what was left on the cutting room floor, Mr Piper filmed a video a couple of days after the broadcast to show the spot he had taken the program makers to so they could understand the magnitude of a proposed wind farm near his property.

Mr Piper said two wind farms with over 200 turbines each towering over 200m would hem in his property.