Between November and December 2024, we sought input from landholders, Traditional Owner groups, community members and other stakeholders on the corridor options identified through the study area engagement.

Over that period, key engagement activity included:

• four community information drop-in sessions at Wandoan Cultural Centre (15 attendees)

• landholder letters (26)

• feedback forms (10 responses)

• dedicated project website (675 visits)

• Social Pinpoint interactive mapping tool (2 individual comments posted)

• community information webinar (15 registrations and 39 views of recording)

• targeted stakeholder meetings and council briefings

• emailed project newsletter to subscribers (64 recipients)

• emails and phone calls with the local Traditional Owner group (Iman People)

• distribution of 320 ‘reminder’ flyers promoting feedback channels and information sessions

• social media advertisements promoting the project website and information sessions.

Prior to this, between July and September 2024 we sought input on the proposed study area through the following activities:

• six community information drop-in sessions at Chinchilla, Miles, Wandoan and Taroom (49 attendees)

• landholder letters (56) and telephone calls (26)

• feedback forms (27 responses)

• dedicated project website (1,102 visits)

• Social Pinpoint interactive mapping tool (30 individual comments posted)

• stakeholder meetings and council briefings

• meetings with the local Traditional Owner group (Iman People)

• distribution of 500 project newsletters and cards promoting feedback channels and information sessions

• podcast episode detailing the project, timings and feedback avenues (38 downloads)

• print, radio and social media advertisements promoting the project website and information sessions.

Key themes raised during corridor options engagement were:

• property impacts throughout construction

• future development opportunities including co-existence with other renewable energy projects

• impact on farming operations including aerial activities

• loss of productive and developed agricultural land

• visual impacts

• proximity to homes

• biosecurity

• community benefits

• compensation.

Yes – Powerlink’s Indigenous Partnerships Team has engaged with the Iman Board and Elders on multiple occasions to seek their insights and feedback on the corridor options. Their feedback has been greatly appreciated to help our Project Team build awareness of culturally significant areas.

The recommended corridor offers the least overall impact on balance across social, environmental and economic objectives. The methodology used to guide the corridor selection process has involved looking at all the data compiled through mapping and other desktop analysis, as well as feedback received from landholders, Traditional Owner groups, the community and other stakeholders.

Corridor option 1 (south) was identified as the preferred option over corridor option 2 (north) due to the following reasons, as it:

• impacts fewer land parcels and properties, and there are fewer houses within 1km of the corridor, slightly reducing its social and visual impact.

• is a shorter and more direct route between the wind farm and the existing substation

• intersects less strategic cropping land

• intersects less remnant and regrowth vegetation.

Feedback collected on the corridor options highlighted an area within this corridor for further investigation. Our consultation on this took place in March 2025, which aimed to understand future land use and coexistence opportunities. Feedback received during this period, and ongoing technical analysis, has resulted in further realignments to:

• intersect less remnant vegetation

• follow property boundaries where practicable

• maximise potential co-existence with future farming and development opportunities (such as renewable energy developments)

• consider the preferences of landholders, where possible.

It’s important to keep in mind the corridor is not yet finalised, and further refinements may be made before the final corridor is released. We will then work closely with directly impacted landholders to conduct on-site land studies to determine an easement alignment for the transmission line up to 100m wide.

With every transmission connection project, we need to take a strategic, whole-of-system view and ensure our infrastructure will safely, reliably and economically meet current and forecast demand. A key priority is minimising impacts on landholders, Traditional Owner groups and the surrounding community.

The easement for this transmission line will be up to 100m wide to accommodate the proposed line and potentially an additional line if required at a later stage to meet future demand whilst minimising ongoing disturbance.

At this stage, your property is not being considered as part of our investigations.

However, as the corridor is being finalised, there is potential that new information from engagement feedback or on-ground assessments may result in minor adjustments to corridor positioning. If this occurs, we will promptly contact impacted landholders to discuss these adjustments.

We are currently at Step 3 of Powerlink’s Transmission Easement Engagement Process (TEEP) - recommended corridor.

Powerlink will collate all insights received during this feedback period to make any further adjustments required to the recommended corridor.

If your property is located within the recommended corridor, you can receive a high-level compensation estimate. Learn more about our Landholder Payment Framework and how it will be applied for this project.

We then move to Step 4 of the TEEP which involves releasing the final corridor.