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| CPR Inc Annual General Meeting - Thursday 12 November 2009, 7:30pm - Scout Hall, Fadden Pines
Join us for our AGM at the Scout Hall on Coyne Street, Fadden Pines - click here to view the venue location map |
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Public Hearings and Inquiry into Auditor-General's report on site-selection process
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is currently holding an Inquiry (details here) in to the recommendations (media release here) of the Auditor-General's report (available here) no. 7 of 2008 published 10 December 2008. Submissions to the Inquiry should be made by email to committees@parliament.act.gov.au so that they may place on record whether the community impact was resolved by their subsequent actions of consultation, downsizing, relocation and enacted legislation to fast-track an alternative site, just 1km from the initial site. Public hearings are ongoing and the next is scheduled in Committee Room 1 at the Legislative Assembly for the Planning Institute of Australia (ACT Division) at 2:00pm on Wednesday 14 October 2009. You are encouraged to attend. Transcripts of previous appearances by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, Minister for Health Katy Gallagher, Minister for Planning Andrew Barr, Auditor-General Tu Pham, CPR Inc and ACTEW Corporation Ltd can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website here |
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See what the community thinks YouTube video library Background information |
A consortium led by ActewAGL is seeking to build data storage warehouses supported by a polluting 45MW (MegaWatt) fossil-fuel gas-fired power station (comprising 3 jet turbines) to run all the time) near to the residential areas of Southern Canberra in the Tuggeranong Valley, Canberra The power station will impact the environment and affect the health of thousands of Canberrans The project appears to be more about profits than it is about benefit to the people of Canberra. Capital Works cost is estimated at $87 million. The claim is that this is a $1 billion ($1,000 million) project. Lack of transparency and accountability - the public has been mislead, misinformed and has not been consulted with respect to the latest DA 200813657. CPR launches "Leave Labor Blank" campaign In an effort to create a more evenly distributed balance of power in the Legislative Assembly, CPR Inc has produced 3 flyers & a trailer, calling for the electorate to "Leave Labor Blank" Download flyer (Adobe PDF, A4, black & white, double-sided, 1.2Mb) Make your vote count on October 18 How many jobs will be created by the data centre or the new power station? Data centres do not need many people to run them. Power Stations are all automated. The maximum number of jobs during construction could be 100-150 and at the meeting on Monday 28 April, the CB Richard Ellis spokesman, Tony Adams, admitted employment would be minimal with an estimate of about 5 - 50 people at the most. The hundreds of car parking spaces set aside in the plan, are apparently for, again according to Carston Larson the ActewAGL project manager “if there is a disaster”. He was, we believe, referring to a disaster off site and presumably he would then expect hundreds of people to flood into the data centre to protect their data ruined from off site. We find this difficult to believe as other data centres do not hold that many car parking spaces and we do not see the purpose of concreting and maintaining a car park of this considerable size for the rare chance that people will need to access the data centre all at the same time. We believe the car parking spaces may be allocated now and will be used later to expand the Power Station size and increase the profit for ActewAGL. - The vast majority of this $1 billion construction could be given to an out of state construction company (big enough to handle it). |
Library of key documents Letters from/to CPR Inc From Katy Gallagher - safety - 21 Apr 09 To Maxine Cooper re health - 15 Mar 09 To Mark Cormack re health - 15 Mar 09 From Dr Eddie O'Brien - 06 Mar 09 To Ian Thompson re health - 22 Feb 09 To Jenelle Reading re health - 22 Feb 09 To John Woollard re health - 10 Feb 09 To Charles Guest re health - 30 Jan 09 To Chief Minister re draft EIS urgency - 08 Dec 08 To MLAs re alternative site - 07 Dec 08 To Liberals & Greens re when moving? - 04 Dec 08 To Chief Minister re representation - 01 Dec 08 To Chief Minister re people - 27 Nov 08 To Minister for Planning re extension - 24 Nov 08 To Minister for Planning re EIS - 24 Nov 08 To MLAs re draft EIS - 23 Nov 08 To MLAs re compensation claims - 21 Nov 08 To Zed Seselja re support - 19 Nov 08 To Greens & Liberals re moving - 14 Nov 08 To MLAs re historical timeline - 13 Nov 08 Media releases from CPR Inc Stanhope manipulates planning - 10 Dec 08 Response to alternative site - 07 Dec 08 Re Task Force's alternate site findings - 04 Dec 08 Statement re draft EIS release - 18 Nov 08 Re transferable EIS - 14 Nov 08 Re timeline letter to MLAs - 13 Nov 08 Re-focus media from Greens hysteria - 29 Oct 08 Power Station election issue - 15 Sep 08 Data Centres illegal on Broadacre - 01 Sep 08 Everything pollutes, just add more - 17 Jul 08 Health Forum and NO2 pollution map - 14 Jul 08 Submissions from CPR Inc CPR submission to GHD draft EIS Review of the EPBC Act Health Impact Assessment Steering Group Help us & donate now with PayPal Become a member of CPR Inc You can download our membership form and join CPR Inc for $30, inclusive of first year's membership. All proceeds directly assist CPR Inc in its campaign to have the power station/data centre relocated away from residential areas and not to be developed on the horse paddocks in Tuggeranong.
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Disclaimer: This web site was created to aid Canberra residents in gaining information regarding the ACTEWAGL proposed development of a major utility gas-fired power station and data centre. The contents of this site have been provided by other concerned residents who do not have the resources, either time nor money, that ACTEWAGL have to commission investigations, surveys and reports. These residents do have some skills and expertise in the areas they have provided details. They may make mistakes in their figures, especially those relating to high technology. They did not do this deliberately to mislead and any corrections are welcomed. We ask that you use this web site as a source of information and research details for yourself. The creators of this web site do not support all the views contained on this web site and again stress this site is provided as a resource for Canberrans to gain information and support research into this $2 billion project. It will affect you - use your voice.
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