On island, the fresh waters of Brown Lake are generally understood to be a place for women and children and Blue Lake, for man. The aboriginal names and cultural significance of each are the subject of some division on the island. But the hydrology is clear. Brown Lake is a perched lake and Blue …
World Heritage Listing of Moreton Bay
The process to nominate for a World Heritage listing had started in 2017. THE state government has budgeted $1.3 million to develop the nomination of North Stradbroke and Moreton islands as a World Heritage Area. QYAC chief executive officer Cameron Costello said that it was uncommon for a listing process to be led by traditional …
“Save Straddie” a morphing campaign
Save Straddie Facebook page had its origins in the heat of struggle to end mining February 2011. With announcements later that year about minings end there are new issues afoot with tensions about how the native title corporation is handling the economic transition and budget away from mining. To this end the 'about' Save Straddie …
Controversy Around a Whale Interpretative Centre at Point Lookout
Protest song by Point Lookout resident Clara Durbidge, Change.org petition and 18 739 signatures, radio interviews (with Steve Austin on ABC Radio drive August 2018), news coverage, Point Lookout protest and Vimeo film footage follow pegs in the ground staking out the location of a Whale Interpretative Centre at Point Lookout headlands old tennis courts. Unlikely …
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North Stradbroke Island begins to become Minjerribah and a whole lot of other things announced via Brisbane Times
Demolition of old Sibelco mining huts on Adams Beach where a new, $3.35 million cultural centre would be built facing the waters of Moreton Bay. "The Minjerribah Cultural Centre should be completed by 2020. It is the second tangible sign of the Queensland government's $29.75 million economic transition strategyfor 23 projects to slowly lead the island …
Save Stradbroke Active in the Toondah Harbour Redevelopment Campaign
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-06/developer-issues-legal-threat-to-minister-over-protected-wetland/10581734?fbclid=IwAR1GbCUwZZL396b8Zarew0N97SYqAe3KVPiL8SWeL8VTY7IBgrSxrUPiRtg "SHOULD PREMIER PALASZCZUK STEP IN AND REVOKE THE TOONDAH PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA (PDA) PLAN? As we posted last Saturday, the ABC has exposed Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg for rejecting the Federal Government's own independent scientific and legal experts' advice to immediately end the Toondah Harbour Priority Development Area (PDA) proposal. The PDA plan allows …
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“The bird and the businessman”
Steve Cannane talks on Radio National (792am) Background Briefing 8am Sunday December 9 and replayed Monday 2pm and Tuesday 12am discussing "A rare blow-by-blow inside account of how power and influence is wielded in a sensitive environmental approval process" Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/pg/Redlands2030/posts/ https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/the-bird-and-the-businessman/10588700?fbclid=IwAR1Umwre7mnYXZ1871ww8O4MDb37WOs2bR6dsCaNzjqfn2141RTCNjUyeJo
