Heritage area harbour: firms self-assessed by: Graham Lloyd From: The Australian February 25, 2013 12:00AM COMPANIES involved in the $33 billion expansion of Gladstone Harbour were allowed to self-assess whether they were meeting the hundreds of environmental conditions to operate in the World Heritage area. But, in response to complaints that Gladstone Ports had breached...
Month: February 2013
Environmental ‘failings’ spark Gladstone port probe as dolphins depart
by: GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR From: The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00AM AUSTRALIA’S most environmentally controversial project, the $33 billion expansion of Gladstone port in Queensland, is under investigation after being accused of breaching strict federal government audit conditions on harbour dredging and dumping of spoils in a World Heritage area. Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke...
DUGONG EATS 1.5 TONNES OF COS LETTUCE PER WEEK
For a young dugong, every day’s a salad day 23 January 2013, NEWS.com.au IT’S fair to say that Wuru the dugong is a bit of a salad fan. The 400kg marine mammal, along with Sea Life Sydney Aquarium’s other dugong, Pig, chomp through an astonishing 1.5 tonnes of cos lettuce every week. That’s $140,000 a...
GLADSTONE INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY MINISTER BURKE
GLADSTONE OBSERVER The expansion of Gladstone Port is under investigation Comments (2) » Megan McEwan 16th Feb 2013 3:21 PM An aerial View of Fisherman’s Landing in Gladstone Harbour. Brenda Strong THE expansion of Gladstone’s port is under investigation by the Federal Government. Australians for Animals coordinator Sue Arnold said she and Matt Landos had...
GLADSTONE PORT CORPORATION PROBE BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Environmental ‘failings’ spark Gladstone port probe as dolphins depart by: GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR From: The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00AM Four giant liquefied natural gas processing facilities are being built on Curtis Island in Gladstone Harbour. Picture: Vanessa Hunter Source: The Australian AUSTRALIA’S most environmentally controversial project, the $33 billion expansion of Gladstone port...