{"id":13169,"date":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/company-scraps-plan-to-build-on-the-remains-of-thousands-of-aussie-diggers\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","slug":"company-scraps-plan-to-build-on-the-remains-of-thousands-of-aussie-diggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/company-scraps-plan-to-build-on-the-remains-of-thousands-of-aussie-diggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Scraps Plan To Build On The Remains Of Thousands Of Aussie Diggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awm.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian War Memorial<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>A company that had planned to build a giant wind farm on an historic WWI battleground has ditched the plan.<\/h3>\n<p>French power firm ENGIE Group wanted to build six turbines at Bullecourt, in northern France, where the Australian army suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/nation\/diggers-can-rest-in-peace-after-bullecourt-wind-farm-plan-scrapped\/news-story\/74824c02c0cd86ae5feeb7670dcc3700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10,000<\/a> casualties &#8212; 2,300 of which have no known grave.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans\u2019 \u00adAffairs Minister Dan Tehan thanked ENGIE for withdrawing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cSeeing how passionate Australians were about protecting the final resting place of the Bullecourt soldiers was a powerful reminder that we will never forget the service and sacrifice of the men and women who fight for our freedom and values,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThis is wonderful news for every Australian and especially those with a family connection to the Battle of Bullecourt. Some 2300 Australians who died at Bullecourt have no known grave and Australians were rightly concerned about the potential impact of a construction project at the site.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dan Tehan welcomes news the Bullecourt wind farm will not go ahead <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gg6HzWfXEI\">pic.twitter.com\/Gg6HzWfXEI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Charles Croucher (@ccroucher9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccroucher9\/status\/932723603153358850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image | Australian War Memorial A company that had planned to build a giant wind farm on an historic WWI battleground has ditched the plan. French power firm ENGIE Group wanted to build six turbines at Bullecourt, in northern France, where the Australian army suffered 10,000 casualties &#8212; 2,300 of which have no known grave. 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