IT could be a show stopper. North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has told a Central Queensland MP the organisation has no option but to dump dredge spoil from Abbot Point into the sea. The proposal to deposit three million cubic tonnes of spoil as part of the port’s $6.9 billion expansion has been contentious since it...
A BILL to outlaw new ports on the Great Barrier Reef will be introduced by the Greens in parliament in Canberra on Wednesday. Queensland Senator Larissa Waters said she would introduce the bill to make law the recommendations of UNESCO, after the international regulator visited Australia last year. It also aimed to prevent any shipping...
Herald Sun – Climate change, coal terminals … Great Barrier Reef under constant threat CLIMATE change and the development coal terminals on the Queensland coast could permanently destroy the Great Barrier Reef, a marine expert warns. In his keynote speech at the David Thomas Conservation Oration in Sydney on Monday, Professor Callum Roberts will say...
Govt not opposed to uranium being shipped over reef The Gladstone Observer THE State Government is not opposed in principle to uranium being shipped from a Queensland port through the Great Barrier Reef, Natural Resources and Mines Minister Andrew Cripps says. Mr Cripps was commenting on Monday after a six-person Uranium Implementation Committee returned its...
New science panel looks at water, not sick fish by John Mikkelsen – The Queensland Telegraph SPECULATION has been running hot over membership of the State Government’s new science panel to oversee Gladstone Harbour water quality, with claims there is no focus on the health of marine animals. Makeup of the panel under the leadership...
SUNSHINE COAST DAILY Dugongs and turtles face food shortage after floods Hannah Busch 7th Mar 2013 10:10 AM Dugongs and turtles will face a shortage of seagrass following the January floods. STILL recovering from floods more than two years ago, Hervey Bay’s dugongs and turtles will now face another stretch of scarce food in the...
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...
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...
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 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...