April 2013 The Newman Government is proposing amendments to the Vegetation Management Act 1999 that will mean: Clearing applications could now be made for ‘additional relevant purposes’ of high value agricultural clearing and irrigated high value agricultural clearing. This would mean that north Queensland would be exposed to extensive clearing for agricultural purposes, with adverse …
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28 March 2013 Council yesterday voted to apply for a damage mitigation permit to relocate the bat colonies near the Cairns City Library. Council voted against such a motion in October 2012, presumably due to the prohibitive cost of the relocation. According to the October Council report, such a relocation would cost at least $80,000 …
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Tuesday 12th Feb 2012, 6.30pm Pullman Reef Hotel Casino, Abbott Street, Cairns A special screening of the film “Dirt Cheap – 30 Years On” and presentation by Dave Sweeney, ACF Nuclear Free Campaigner Uranium mining was imposed on the Traditional Owners of Kakadu in the late 1970s and the controversial Ranger mine commenced production in …
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After almost 25 years since the original World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics, on the 9th November the Federal Government formally recognised the outstanding Indigenous cultural values of the Wet Tropics National Heritage Area. Congratulations must go to all the Traditional Owners who have fought for recognition of the cultural values of the region …
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On October 22nd the Queensland Premier Campbell Newman ended the state’s decades-long ban on uranium mining and reversed the position the Liberal National Party took to the election in March. Uranium has not been mined in Queensland since the closure of the Mary Kathleen mine in the state’s north-west in 1982. This announcement followed …
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Friends of the Earth in Melbourne have just released a study into the drinking water supplied to greater Melbourne[1 ]. The results are disturbing to say the least. The study may well have relevance to our own situation as several key factors are similar: a wide diversity of pesticides used in an agricultural catchment; patchy …
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Progress continues on a potential World Heritage nomination for parts of Cape York Peninsula (CYP), even though the State Government withdrew its support in mid-October 2012 and returned $2M to the Federal Government. At that time, Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell stated that since the Federal government had already begun separate …
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A Media Statement from the GUNDJEIHMI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION 23 November 2012 Traditional owners directly affected by uranium mining in the Northern Territory, the Mirarr people of Kakadu, have rejected suggestions that the Ranger uranium mine provides a model for Queensland to follow and called on others to heed their experience. Supporters of the LNP’s decision to openQueenslandto …
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Uranium mines in QLD? NO WAY! In October 2012, the Newman government lifted a 30 ban on uranium mining in Queensland. This announcement came without any community consultation or forewarning, and broke the LNP election promise that they would not lift this ban. Queenslanders have a long, proud history of opposing uranium mining in this state and for …
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Sign here to join our petition to Premier Campbell Newman to say no to uranium mining in our precious state. Why? Uranium puts our health and environment at unnecessary risk Saying NO to uranium will: Protect water quality Protect community and worker health Avoid risks of contaminating the natural environment A better outcome economically, environmentally and socially is …
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