In The Press
A group fighting the construction of an electrical switchyard in the Hills is celebrating after Western Power announced it would take the project back to the drawing board....
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Western Power's General Manager in Customer Services Mark de Laeter addressed the Shire of Kalamunda's Planning and Services Committee regarding the proposed Eastern Terminal switchyard. Over 80 people filled the chamber to demonstrate their disapproval of Western Power's lack of community consultation...
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Western Power has admitted two of its contractors damaged areas of a walking trail in Kalamunda during recent maintenance.
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A newly formed group of Hills climate activists will fight the proposed construction of the eastern terminal electricity substation.
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...Lo and behold on the same page is a big advertisement - an invitation from Western Power. The subject is basically land clearing for its new power line.
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Western Power have conceded they should have provided Hills residents with clearer information about the development of an Eastern Terminal Substation.
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A group opposing Western Power's plans to build an eastern terminal substation in the Hills fear the community will not receive a fair hearing during the next round of consultation.
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"I note with interest that Ian Buchanan from Western Power (Geologist's ideas rejected, Gazette, April 5) confirmed the southeastern terminal and the recommissioning of the transmission line are required in addition to the eastern terminal..."
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Coal magnate Rick Stowe is planning to capitalise on the high price of domestic gas by spending up to $1.2 billion building 3 new power stations in a move that will put further pressure on the WA Government's greenhouse targets.
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Western Power has rejected a suggestion from a Hills Geologist that its planned eastern terminal substation is unnecessary.
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Kalamunda Shire Council wants the State Government to extend Kalamunda National Park to incorporate an area of the state forest at Hacketts Gully.
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"I am very concerned at Western Power's announcement of the building of a gantry on Mundaring Weir Road and upgrade of the existing 132,0000 volt line between Boddington and this new gantry."
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Kalamunda Shire Council has expressed its intense opposition to the area Western Power is studying as a site for a planned eastern terminal substation.
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A group opposed to Western Power's proposed eastern terminal substation in the Hills has urged energy minister Francis Logan to halt construction of a temporary gantry structure planned for Hacketts Gully.
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Tourism operators in the Hills have joined forces to fight Western Power's plans to build an eastern terminal substation in the Hills.
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"I note that Mr de Laeter claims the main reason for a "hills connection" to the metropolitan grid is because of new power stations being built at Collie".
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"In response to the letter from John Davenport from Bickley, published in the February 16 issue, I assure residents that Western Power has not chosen a location for the proposed Eastern Terminal (ET) substation."
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"Western Power's announcement of the reconstruction of the Collie to Hacketts Gully transmission line strongly suggests that it has chosen a site for the eastern terminal in the Hacketts Gully area."
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An action group fighting the construction of an electricity substation in the Hills believes Western Power has no interest in consulting the community over a site.
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Opponents to a proposed electrical terminal substation in the Hills have won a 12 month reprieve, with Western Power this week announcing it needs more time to consult the community.
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Kalamunda Shire Council will request a consultation with Western Power on the proposal for the new Eastern Sub Terminal.
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Opposition is mounting against Western Power's proposed Eastern Terminal Substation in the Hills.
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Darling Range MLA John Day has called for the State Government to listen to concerns of local residents about a new terminal substation to be constructed in the Kalamunda District.
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Goldfields drinking water could be at risk of contamination if a proposed Western Power substation is established in Kalamunda, according to Kalamunda Shire Councillor Frank Lindsay.
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Residents will take an active role in the selection of a site for a new $180 million terminal substation in the Kalamunda-Mundaring area, according to Western Power.
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Kalamunda Shire Council will "vehemently" oppose a bid by Western Power to build a substation near Mundaring Weir Road in Hacketts Gully.
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by Claire
9/1/2008 9:22:00 PM
John Davenport of the Stop Eastern Terminal Action Group wrote to local candidates last month to ask them for their positions on Eastern Terminal. Here are their replies.
Please consider the following letters and emails carefully and draw your own conclusions when deciding who to vote for on Saturday the 6th.
Can't read the pdf's? See transcripts in plain text.
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Can't read the pdf's? See transcripts in plain text.
Read this page for transcripts of the pdfs above.
Thankyou to all the candidates who replied to our request. If your candidate is not listed here (perhaps someone from a minor party), or has not replied to our request for information, please contact them to ask them for their position, and let us know what their response is.
Update
Lisa Griffiths did not reply to the SETS Group's written request. Co-convenor Alan Lonsdale managed to speak with her by telephone on 2 September, having left a message 10 days earlier. She explained that as she was a private citizen and not a member of Parliament, she had passed our requests on to Labor Party headquarters for a response. To this point no response had been received.
When questioned about her personal view, she stated that a lot of people in the electorate wanted a better supply of power, while equally a lot of people in the electorate were concerned about the environment. When asked how an Eastern Terminal would improve the power supply to people in the electorate, she indicated that "it would be another source of power". She was informed that the purpose of the Eastern Terminal would be to augment power supplies to people in the Perth metropolitan area, NOT the Darling Range electorate. She replied: "That's not what I've been told".
On this issue Lisa Griffiths has not done her homework, and is muddled and disorganised. She has not thought through her position on the Eastern Terminal.