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Relief for tourism operators in midst of coronavirus crisis

Some relief has been offered to Whitsundays’ tourism operators who are facing challenging times.

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13th March 2020 5:03 AM

Tourism 'Round Table' at the Whitsunday Marine Centre, from left, Tash Wheeler, Mayor Andrew Willcox, Al Grundy, Environment Minister Sussan Ley, Member for Dawson George Christensen, Amanda Camm, GBRMPA CEO Josh Thomas and Sharon Smallwood.

Bundjalung man’s big role in national burning plan

AFTER recent bushfires, the role of traditional cultural burning practices have become a point of interest for communities...

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10th Feb. 2020 9:02 AM

Firesticks Alliance's Oliver Costello at Dorrobbee Grasslands Reserve near Dunoon.

Fracking demonstrators rally at Minister Eva Lawler’s office

A CROWD of anti-fracking protesters have rallied outside the Environment Minister’s office to protest her signing the...

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20th Jan. 2020 9:01 AM

$Jodie Minton at the fracking protest outside Eva Lawler’s electorate office. Picture: Glenn Campbell$

Reef Foundation calls for water quality project ideas

Farmers and organisations have been invited to put forward their suggestion for water quality improvement

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29th Oct. 2019 5:10 AM

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is calling for project ideas for water quality improvement.

Environmentalists attack Adani ’water grab’

The day after public sumbissions closed on a controversial water scheme, environmentalists have launched a new attack

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01st Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

ACF campaigner, Christian Slattery, accused Adani of basing its environmental modelling on “best case scenarios” and “cherrypicking data”. AAP Image/Glenn Hunt

How you can help restore the Great Barrier Reef

Environmental experts say Mackay community needs to band together to fight one of the biggest threats to the reef.

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30th Sept. 2019 3:09 PM

The Mackay Conservation Group forum will explore how individuals and industries can work together to resolve one of the leading threats to the reef.

Outrage: Federal revolt over shark ruling

Qld politicians are turning up heat on their own Environment Minister to circumvent a court decision that forces drumlines...

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19th Sept. 2019 3:09 PM

'Shark life over human life': Minister slams net ban

The State Government will seek a change to federal laws to allow it to continue its net and drum line shark control...

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19th Sept. 2019 12:09 PM

Supplied image of a dead Great Hammerhead shark found caught in a shark net off a beach on the Gold Coast. (AAP Image/Sea Shepherd Australia)

Your help needed to save the coastal emu from extinction

NSW Environment Ministeris calling on the Clarence community to record sightings of the coastal emu, to help protect the...

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05th Sept. 2019 5:09 PM

How Mackay residents have made $1.7M in 9 months

The staggering amount of money Mackay residents are making

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05th Aug. 2019 4:08 AM

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