Calperum

Join us in calling on the Federal Environment Minister to say 'NO' to a power-line through Critical Habitat.

Transmission network company, ElectraNet, is proposing a new 100+ km long high voltage powerline with 12 km of it cutting straight through Calperum Station. 

While there are other routes the powerline can take that would avoid Critical Habitat, ElectraNet has proposed the line through the Calperum Station because it is administratively easier and slightly cheaper. 

The area earmarked for clearing is within habitat that the Australian Government has identified and listed under national environmental law as habitat critical to the survival of ...

Join us in calling on the Federal Environment Minister to say 'NO' to a power-line through Critical Habitat.

Transmission network company, ElectraNet, is proposing a new 100+ km long high voltage powerline with 12 km of it cutting straight through Calperum Station. 

While there are other routes the powerline can take that would avoid Critical Habitat, ElectraNet has proposed the line through the Calperum Station because it is administratively easier and slightly cheaper. 

The area earmarked for clearing is within habitat that the Australian Government has identified and listed under national environmental law as habitat critical to the survival of a listed threatened species, the Endangered Black-eared Miner. This is one of only five Australian species that has Critical Habitat listed and protected by the Australian Government under national environmental law.

A destructive project through listed Critical Habitat should never have been considered as an option. Yet, Critical Habitat listing has not deterred Electranet from proposing to put a new road and heavy machinery through the area, even when there are feasible alternatives.

Join BirdLife Australia in calling on the Federal Environment Minister to say 'NO' to a power-line through Critical Habitat.

Images (from left to right): Black-eared Miner by John Barkla, Regent Parrot by Chris Tzaros, Red-Lored Whistler by Chris Tzaros.

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I am writing to express my concern regarding the following referral:

Reference Number: 2019/8468

EPBC Case Title: ELECTRANET PTY LIMITED/Energy Generation and Supply (renewable)/Multiple lots/South Australia/SA-NSW Energy Interconnector, Robertstown to NSW Border, SA (the Proposal)

I urge the Federal Minister for the Environment to declare this Proposal as a 'clearly unacceptable action' under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

The Proposal will negatively impact an area listed under the EPBC Act as Critical Habitat for Black-eared Miner. The area is also known to provide important habitat for EPBC-listed threatened species including Red-lored Whistler (Vulnerable) and Regent Parrot (Vulnerable), and the declining Mallee Striated Grasswren.

Listed Critical Habitat and nationally threatened species should be protected under the EPBC Act. The Proposal will significantly impact both in the following ways:

*Remove habitat
*Fragment habitat
*Create habitat favoured by Yellow-throated Miner, increasing the likelihood of current and future hybridisation with Black-eared Miner which is a key threat to the species.
*Create pathways for invasive species (predators, weeds)

In addition to listing as Critical Habitat under the EPBC Act, the area’s global importance for biodiversity is recognised through listing as a Key Biodiversity Area (BirdLife International) and a Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO).

There are feasible alternatives to this Proposal which the Proponent has not adequately considered.

I urge the Federal Minister for the Environment to declare the Proposal as Clearly Unacceptable due to likely significant impacts on listed Critical Habitat and Matters of National Environmental Significance.

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