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The Bligh Government is clearly still ignoring local communities on a whole range of issues from energy to water and the environment. Despite Anna Bligh saying that she was listening to community concerns and that she will be there for us, the Bligh Government’s actions and inactions speak louder than words.
PAGE has asked the Bligh [...]

PAGE has asked the Bligh Government for “a clear statement that the Sunshine Coast’s future energy needs be delivered via renewable energy and demand management providing the Bligh Government with a clear opportunity to show it is serious in tackling energy provision in an environmentally responsible manner – the last week of this election gives [...]

Today is International Women’s Day 2009 and this has been celebrated on March 8 for well over 100 years.
It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. On March 8 2008, the women of Eerwah Vale and Ridgewood met together and discussed their concerns about the Powerlink [...]

Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) had a long meeting with the Queensland Minister for Mines and Energy, Mr Geoff Wilson, in Brisbane on August 26, following months of requests and submissions. The meeting discussed the community’s concerns over Powerlink’s proposed Eerwah Vale powerline in the Noosa Hinterland.
The meeting was attended by the Minister [...]

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

Below is a copy of the letter written by the women of  Eerwah Vale and Ridgewood on International Women’s Day in March 2008 which included many signatures.
This letter was sent to every women politician in the Queensland and Federal ALP.
We received less than a few responses all stating that they had referred the matter onto [...]

Below is PAGE’s response to Gordon Jardine’s (Powerlink CEO) letter to the Minster of Mines and Energy. We felt it was important to share this information with you.
Our response took some considerable time and effort. PAGE’s letter is necessarily long, as we felt compelled to put back into context some of the misleading statements made [...]

Below is a scanned copy of the letter that Gordon Jardine, CEO of Powerlink, sent the Minister of Mines and Energy, Geoff Wilson attempting to disregard anything that PAGE said.
The letter concludes:
“Whilst Powerlink will provide (and in many cases, re-provide) the correct information in its newsletters on this project, I would suggest that the correspondence [...]