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December 2008

Advice on data centre ignored - Canberra Times - 11 December 2008

Data hub move to cost $10m - Canberra Times - 6 December 2008

Hume site 'won't be reconsidered' for data centre - ABC News - [18 July 2008]

Hume site flagged for data centre - ABC News - 5 December 2008

Alternative site identified for data centre - Chief Minister - 5 December 2008

Greens keep mum after secret talks to find new site for power station - Canberra Times - 4 December 2008

Taskforce finds current data centre site 'most suitable' - ABC News - 1 December 2008

November 2008

Location, Location - Canberra Times - 28 November 2008

Get back in game - Canberra Times - 28 November 2008

Thermal Solution - Canberra Times - 26 November 2008

Very fast train tops develops' wish-list - Canberra Times - 26 November 2008

Govt advised to fast-track infrastructure projects - ABC News - 25 November 2008

Taskforce hunts new site - Canberra Times - 25 November 2008

ACT must put out the welcome mat - Canberra Times - 25 November 2008

Stanhope says deficit is a 'live' prospect - Canberra Times - 25 November 2008

Le Couteur backtracks on power submission - Canberra Times - 25 November 2008

Greens deny plans to scuttle data centre - ABC News - 24 November 2008

Data centre divides Labor and Greens - ABC News - 24 November 2008

Planning heads-up - Canberra Times - 24 November 2008

Greens quizzed on data centre - Canberra Times - 24 November 2008

Gas-fired power station and data centre make no sense - Canberra Times - 21 November 2008

Data centre's Christmas cut-off - Canberra Times - 19 November 2008

Data centre loss will affect ACT economy: Gallagher - ABC News - 18 November 2008

Inquiries' verdicts: good news and bad - Canberra Times - 18 November 2008

Data hub all clear, but cloud over house prices - Canberra Times - 18 November 2008

Uncertainty breeds contempt for the ACT - Canberra Times - 18 November 2008

Don't ask us to fork out for the data centre and power plant - Canberra Times - 18 November 2008

Impact study to give greenlight to $1b data centre - Canberra Times - 17 November 2008

Data hub asks for moving money - Canberra Times - 15 November 2008

Data centre company requests compensation - ABC News - 14 November 2008

Data hub forced to look for new digs - Canberra Times - 14 November 2008

Residents hopeful data centre will be relocated - ABC News - 14 November 2008

Data centre backers looking for new site: Stanhope - ABC News - 13 November 2008

Selling the sun to the world - Canberra Times - 9 November 2008

$1b Tuggeranong plan powers on - Canberra Times - 4 November 2008

October 2008

$500m rival bid to data centre - Canberra Times - 31 October 2008

Kelly in bid to entice power project to Cooma - ABC News - 30 October 2008

Cooma pushes for data centre relocation - ABC News - 30 October 2008

Greens, Liberals 'politicising planning' - Canberra Times - 30 October 2008

Power station backers accused of brinkmanship - ABC News - 29 October 2008

Data centre brinkmanship - ACT Greens - 29 October 2008

Power station project 'dead in the water' - ABC News - 28 October 2008

ANNOUCEMENT | Data Centre Site - ACT Greens - 13 October 2008

Power station plans proceeding: ActewAGL - ABC News - 10 October 2008

Liberals vow to scrap Tuggeranong power station - ABC News - 9 October 2008

September 2008

Libs take court action over power station documents - ABC News - 29 September 2008

Care of plans - Letter to Editor from ACTPLA - Canberra Times - 4 September 2008

August 2008

Data centre not allowed on planned site: lawyer - Canberra Times - 30 August 2008

Power plant our own idea: Actew AGL - Canberra Times - 29 August 2008

Forsaking expert input unhealthy for democracy - Canberra Times - 18 August 2008

Professors Anthony Capon & Helen Keleher - Canberra Times - 18 August, 2008

Experts 'silenced' on gas plant - Canberra Times - 18 August, 2008

Health advocate welcomes Tuggeranong power station EIS - ABC News - 10 August, 2008

Planners find 21 problem areas in data city project - Canberra Times - 7 August, 2008

Election heat off data centre as Govt orders lengthy probe - Canberra Times - 7 August, 2008

Power station study 'election delaying tactic' - ABC News - 7 August, 2008

Minister orders environmental assessment of data centre proposal - Minister for Planning - 6 August, 2008

Environmental study to delay power station decision - ABC News - 6 August, 2008

CTC consortium receives Government notification on EIS - ActewAGL - 6 August, 2008

July 2008

Audit called over gas power site selection - Canberra Times - 29 July, 2008

Community groups to examine power station plans - Canberra Times - 21 July, 2008

Consultation would eliminate future power shocks - Canberra Times - 21 July, 2008

Hume site 'won't be reconsidered' for data centre - ABC News - 18 July, 2008

Rejected gas plant site now for sale - Canberra Times - 18 July, 2008

Regaining Trust - ACT Greens - 17 July, 2008

ACT Govt 'committed' to public health on power station - ABC News - 17 July, 2008

Public meeting on data centre tonight - Canberra Times - 16 July, 2008

Pollution from power station same as cooking an egg - WIN TV News - 15 July, 2008 (YouTube)

Tuggeranong data centre 'toxic', opponents say - Canberra Times - 15 July, 2008 (Scanned image)

Campaign against Tuggeranong power station stepped up - ABC News - 14 July, 2008

CPR distributes pollution flyers - ABC Radio News - 14 July, 2008 (MP3 audio file)

Gas power station steering committee named - Canberra Times - 3 July, 2008

Power station health report due next month - ABC News - 3 July, 2008

600 weigh into gas power plant argument - Canberra Times - 2 July, 2008

CPR submission calling for rejection of proposal on this site - WIN TV News - 1 July, 2008 (YouTube)

Lobby group lodges Tuggeranong power station submission - ABC News - 1 July, 2008

CPR lodges submission and calls for an EIS - ABC Radio News - 1 July, 2008 (MP3 audio file)

June 2008

Businesses back $1b power station proposal - ABC News - 28 June, 2008

Stanhope fends off no confidence motion - ABC News - 26 June, 2008

Stanhope dodges another bullet - iPRIME Canberra - 26 June, 2008

Stanhope survives Tuggeranong station no confidence motion - ABC News - 25 June, 2008

Assembly debates no confidence motion - ABC News - 25 June, 2008

Stanhope faces no confidence vote - ABC News - 25 June, 2008

Plan for $650m powerstation - Canberra Times - 25 June, 2008

My address irrelevant in power station debate: Seselja - ABC News - 20 June, 2008

Libs split over whether data centre assessment should be allowed to run its course - Chief Minister - 20 June, 2008

Stanhope faces no confidence motion - ABC News - 17 June, 2008

Health committee to examine impact of power station - ABC News - 17 June, 2008

Residents maintain power station opposition - ABC News - 16 June, 2008

Stanhope, ActewAGL CEO grilled over site decision - ABC News - 16 June, 2008

Information day fails to ease resident concerns - ABC News - 16 June, 2008

West Belconnen centre would be back-up only: ACTEW-AGL - ABC News - 14 June, 2008

Stanhope to face Assembly on Tuggeranong power station - ABC News - 10 June, 2008

Estimates committee misled on power station: Oppn - ABC News - 10 June, 2008

More heat over gas plant - Canberra Times - 10 June, 2008

Long history behind power station proposals - Canberra Times - 10 June, 2008

Respite centre now closer to $1b plant - Canberra Times - 9 June, 2008

Gallagher denies blocking power station from valuable Hume site - Canberra Times - 8 June, 2008

Gas plant was first planned for Hume - Canberra Times - 7 June, 2008

Controversial power plant proposal on display - ABC News - 7 June, 2008

Residents oppose new power station plan - ABC News - 7 June, 2008

Backers hold a torch for gas-fired security - Canberra Times - 6 June, 2008

Revised Development Application and Preliminary Assessment documentation - 4 June, 2008

Queries on data, power and gaps - Canberra Times - 3 June, 2008

May 2008

Chief in dark on gas plant backflip - Canberra Times - 31 May, 2008

Govt planned to move respite centre - ABC News - 29 May, 2008

Scaled down power station disappoints businesses - ABC News - 28 May, 2008

Power station scaled down after community outcry - ABC News - 28 May, 2008

Govt planned to move respite centre - ABC News - 28 May, 2008

Power station proposal scaled down - ABC News - 27 May, 2008

Power stations elsewhere have to work harder - Deb Foskey - 27 May, 2008

Both emissions and omissions at worrying levels - Canberra Times - 23 May, 2008

Auditor-General urged to examine power station processes - ABC News - 23 May, 2008

EIS for power station (PDF) - Deb Foskey - 23 May, 2008

Gallagher yet to receive report on power station - ABC News - 22 May, 2008

Research on gas-fired station emissions not done - Canberra Times letters - 22 May, 2008

Pope's Cartoon on Community Consultation - Canberra Times - 21 May, 2008

Fears power plant's emissions could spread 40km - Canberra Times - 21 May, 2008

Details of power station unveiled - ABC News - 20 May, 2008

Details of gas-fired power plant unveiled - ABC News - 20 May, 2008

Gas power plant only 1km from homes - Canberra Times - 20 May, 2008

$2b project should not be delayed - Canberra Times editorial - 20 May, 2008

ActewAGL to issue designs of gas power station project - Canberra Times - 19 May, 2008

Stanhope in green warning to power station - ABC News - 19 May, 2008

Great gas debate heats up - Canberra Times, front page - 17 May, 2008

Power station consultation flawed: Foskey - ABC News - 16 May, 2008

Power station proposal angers residents - Video - ABC News - 15 May, 2008

Why not put power station near sewage recycling plant? - Canberra Times letters - 12 May, 2008

Power plant must meet health conditions: Stanhope - ABC News - 09 May, 2008

Pratt tables petition on Power Station - Canberra Liberals - 08 May, 2008

Opposition to table petition against power station - ABC News - 08 May, 2008

$3m bill for preliminary work on gas power plan - Canberra Times - 03 May, 2008

Zed seeks documents covering power station - Canberra Liberals - 02 May, 2008

April 2008

ActewAGL's gas-fired power station has pollution risks - Canberra Times - 30 April, 2008

Generator noise level to exceed regulations - Canberra Times - 30 April, 2008

Power plant will diversify economy: Govt - ABC News - 30 April, 2008

Residents voice opposition to power station - ABC News - 29 April, 2008

Tuggeranong Community Council meeting video - 28 April, 2008

Letters to the Editor - Canberra Times - 19 April, 2008

Lots of interest in $2bn Canberra computing site - Australian Financial Review - 14 April, 2008 (PDF)

Capital data hub a $2b gas giant - Canberra Times - 11 April, 2008

Development Application documents - ACTPLA - 11 April, 2008

Preliminary Assessment documents - ACTPLA - 11 April, 2008

October 2007

Govt offers Hume block to ActewAGL to build $1 billion power station - Canberra Times - 14 October, 2007

ActewAGL thinking big on new data `city' - Canberra Times - 06 October, 2007

Canberra a data hub target - Australian IT - 02 October, 2007

Utility behind $1b data city plan - Canberra Times - 02 October, 2007

Data centre city envisaged for Canberra - Sydney Morning Herald - 01 October, 2007

May 2007

Gas-fired power station could help secure supply - Chief Minister - 23 May 2007



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