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Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) invited Mr Peter Wellington, Independent State member for Nicklin, to meet landowners affected by Powerlink’s 275,000V transmission line and 50-acre substation proposal. The meeting was held in Eerwah Vale, where the line will cut through the heart of this prime rural, tourist and scenic area of the Sunshine Coast.

PAGE and Peter Wellington MP disappointed with Queensland’s Energy and Mine Minister.

Peter heard first hand of the devastation that this unsustainable proposal will have on people’s lives, property values, the environment and the livelihoods of people running businesses in the area. The Coordinator of PAGE, Graham Smith, said, “Powerlink is spending public funds on an expensive public relations campaign, but refuses to provide detailed information to the community, despite their CEO publicly encouraging direct contact with Powerlink. What we get is delay, denial and misinformation.”

Mr Smith also noted that “The Minister for Mines and Energy is ignoring this community. A letter detailing significant concerns over this project and Powerlink’s attitude to the community sent to the Minister on 20 February this year remains unanswered.”

Peter Wellington also expressed his “disappointment” over the lack of response, by the same Minister, to a petition tabled in State Parliament in February this year on the Powerlink proposal.

Peter Wellington has agreed to again take up these issues with the Minister for Mines and Energy, Mr Geoff Wilson, on behalf of PAGE and the wider community.

In our opinion, this continues the pattern set by Powerlink and now followed by the Minister, of withholding information from the public and ignoring the genuine concerns of this community. The question needs to be asked — what do the voters of Queensland need to do to be heard by this State Government?

Source: Eumundi Green. To contact the editor (Joyce Turnbull) and share your thoughts or to provide feedback on this article, their email address is editor@eumundigreen.com.au.