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base for the new industry.

“The world’s climate emergency is regional Australia’s jobs opportunity, and the Hunter is uniquely placed to capitalise on this.

“An offshore wind zone along the Hunter coast presents significant opportunities to create new energy sector and manufacturing jobs, drive economic growth and reduce emissions.”

The Hunter coast is one of six priority regions around Australia with world-class offshore wind potential, with Gippsland off the La Trobe Valley the first region in Australia to be home to a new offshore wind industry.

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The Federal Government previously announced another four regions earmarked for offshore wind zones – off the Illawarra coast, the Southern Ocean off Portland in Victoria, the Bass Strait off northern Tasmania and the Indian Ocean off Perth/Bunbury.

“We have some of the best breeding program.

While it will take years before the farm is cultivating large numbers of shell again, the building blocks to revive the business are in place and James Brown is confident Broken Bay pearl farm can bounce back.

In 2020 James Brown was the first pearl farmer to be named Australian Farmer of the Year, in recognition of his innovation and resilience after surviving the devastating effects of climate change and the global financial crisis. Ironically, the honour was bestowed just as the first flood event hit.

Like his pioneering grandfather Dean Brown, who established the company 77 years ago, he knows that through hardship and adversity you need to innovate and adapt, find a new way forward, and learn to do things better.

“I am confident that everything we were working towards prior to the floods will pay dividends and believe it or not, after overcoming all these challenges, I can actually see light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

Source: Media release, Mar 1 Pearls of Australia to approximately 250m above sea level. The relative height and visual effect decreases with distance, especially due to the curvature of the earth. wind resources in the world –just one rotation of one offshore wind turbine provides as much energy as an average rooftop solar installation generates in one day,” Bowen said.

Offshore wind turbines are the tallest renewable energy option being proposed in the area, with current heights of up

“I’m looking forward to hearing from the community about the best way offshore electricity can be harnessed in the region and I encourage locals to engage with community discussions and online submissions,” Bowen said.

Submissions can be made through the Have Your Say online portal at consult. dcceew.gov.au until Friday, April 28.

Sue Murray