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Jones emphasizes that the Yas Valley produces a significant share of Australia’s food—fresh beef, lamb, and renowned cool-climate wines—and that converting productive land into wind farms risks undermining national food security. She advocates for a “smell the coffee” approach, urging policymakers and the public in metropolitan areas to understand the true cost of these developments for rural communities who have already done much of the heavy lifting in Australia’s clean energy transition.