So Barnaby Joyce has commissioned a pollster to determine if his New England electorate wants renewables.

Apparently his office has been inundated with complaints about the “visual impact” of proposed power projects in the region, which the NSW government has identified for nearly $13 billion worth of solar, wind and hydroelectric power generation and transmission infrastructure, as part of its renewables roadmap.

Read the rest of Prof John Hewson's column in the Sydney Morning Herald here.