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| Toy, Mitchell, ‘Mitchell Toy: Victoria’s nuclear option on French Island | The Courier Mail’. Courier Mail. https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/victoria/victorian-premier-henry-bolte-wanted-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant-built-on-french-island/news-story/10f068ad15d90da0bc9018a516bb86bb |
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Larkin, John & Tidey, John, ‘Victoria’s biggest expansion plan for Westernport’. 14 April 1967. The Age. p 1.
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‘Boom area to get the lot’. 17 June 1969. The Age. pg. 10.
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‘Tomorrow is Electric’. State Electricity Commission. 20 May 1969. The Age. p. 25.
‘N-power here in 20 years’. 8 July 1972. The Age. p. 5.
Dunk, Lionel, ‘A sudden interest in decentralisation’. 27 July 1970. The Age. p. 26.
N-power from Jervis Bay by 1978 (1969, October 10). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107897121
‘MP896 outs29’. LBJ Library. 27 May 1968. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEbZhzRN9Qo
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‘No plan’ for nuclear plant (1974, January 3). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 6., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110754998
‘Westernport control bid’. 15 April 1980. The Age. p. 15.
Roberts, Peter, ‘Victoria plans to go nuclear’. 26 April 1979. The Age. p. 13.
‘The Parliament of the AND THE SHARING OF RESOURCES IN SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA No. 288/1981’. Parliament of Australia. 1981. AustLii. https://www7.austlii.edu.au/au/other/cth/AUBCPubInq/1981/5.pdf
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Broadbent, David, ‘Report on nuclear plans ‘historical’’. 16 April 1985. The Age. p. 3.
Carbines, Louise, ‘Bill limits nuclear activities’. 10 December 1982. The Age. p. 16.
Birnbaur, Bill, ‘Ten possible N-plant sites studied’. 15 April 1985. The Age. p. 7.
‘For Victoria, nuclear power was oh so close’. 21 March 2011. Crikey. https://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/21/for-victoria-nuclear-power-was-oh-so-close/
Usher, Robin, ‘State puts $400m in smelter’. 1 August 1984. The Age. p. 1.
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Strong, Geoff, ‘Alcoa gets a rap - and a green light’. 25 July 1980. The Age. p. 5.
ALCOA-SITE ARRESTS Smelter protest at stalemate (1980, December 5). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126162248
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Colebatch, Tim, ‘No cheap energy for plant: SEC’. The Age. 24 April 1980. p. 18.
‘A Nuclear Inspection’. International Atomic Energy Agency. 22 March 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLkPCft9us
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Symons, Bec, ‘Proposal to build nuclear power plants at former coal sites in Latrobe Valley draws criticism’. 26 February 2024. ABC Gippsland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/nuclear-proposal-for-latrobe-valley-former-coal-sites-criticised/103510880
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Preiss, Benjamin, ‘Call to build nuclear power plant in Portland’. 6 December 2016. The Age. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-to-build-nuclear-power-plant-in-portland-20161206-gt4zt8.html
‘Nuclear power inquiry to visit Victoria and South Australia’. 3 December 2024. Parliament of Australia. https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/About_the_House_News/Media_Releases/Nuclear_power_inquiry_to_visit_Victoria_and_South_Australia