“We have managed to stop a $1.2 billion data centre… It really requires a few committed people… start to engage with the developers early.”

Sasha Tichkoski / Lane Cove Responsible Planning · ABC News Daily · How many data centres will we end up with?

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Organised a community campaign that engaged early with the developer, gathered local feedback, and sustained a full-time-equivalent effort by a few committed volunteers to stop a $1.2 billion data centre project

$1.2 billion (project value); "full-time job" effort; small group of committed people

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