The Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (P.A.G.E.) strategy to Powerlink’s long term threat to the Sunshine Coast is to engage with the State Government and its agencies to provide a community endorsed plan for more sustainable, environmentally and visually acceptable alternatives.
Next PAGE Meeting: 4pm, Saturday 26 July 2008 at the CWA Hall, Memorial Drive in Eumundi
We [...]
Thanks to everyone who has been keeping an eye out for the Pararistolochia praevenosa (Richmond Birdwing) vine. I have found what seems like 1000 variations of the vine. It is very difficult to spot so I will give you a brief description of it again. The leaves are alternate which means that there is one [...]
Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) met with representatives of Powerlink and Parsons Brinckerhoff today to discuss their concerns regarding Powerlink’s proposal to build a 275,000 V transmission line and substation north of Eumundi.
The Minister for Mines and Energy, Mr. Wilson has previously stated that “Once PAGE has met with Powerlink, if there [...]
The stories of courage in the face of despair I heard from residents at Kandanga, Eumundi and Eudlo last week are the human face of a government that just does not get it.
The pig-headed insistence that the Traveston Crossing Dam will be built flies in the face of all logic and puts [...]
The following was the reply received on behalf of Geoff Wilson, Minster for Mines and Energy, nearly 5 months after PAGE’s letter to the minister.
5 months later – this is the reply received from the Minister of Mines and Energy
It’s the real price of progress and it’s being paid by hundreds of Sunshine Coast families who must sacrifice their homes to feed the future.
Many are reluctant sellers, forced to shift from dream homes or their lifetime residences because of a population boom that requires infrastructure to service it.
Many thought they could escape [...]
The community were invited to review and comment on the draft Terms of Reference (TOR), which outlines the issues that must be addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed development project installing 275kv transmission lines from Woolooga to Eerwah Vale and installation of a electrical substation 3 kilometres north [...]
