3 July 2012

W3vzmxwv-1341229621 — A bund wall surrounds the Fishermans Landing Wharf expansion in Gladstone. AAP/Dave Hunt

UNESCO throws down gauntlet on Great Barrier Reef ports

The sealing of a leak of dredge spoil (harbour-bottom scooped up and dumped in a landfill area) in a bund wall in Gladstone harbour was announced on 25th of June by the Gladstone Ports Corporation. Scientists…

19 March 2012

Zqxg9rwc-1332125861 — How Queenslanders vote may affect parts of the Great Barrier Reef such as Heron Island. AAP/Heron Island

Coal seam gas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland election – an analysis of party policy

By Colin Hunt

Queensland is different from other states in that it only has a lower house. In other states minor parties achieve representation in upper houses — and therefore have a role in government — through proportional…

6 March 2012

Y56cx9z5-1330997426 — UNESCO is reviewing whether more needs to be done to preserve the reef’s heritage listing. AAP

Is the Great Barrier Reef listing? The UN asks if we’re still heritage-worthy

By Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Obtaining a World Heritage listing for a national asset is a source of great pride for any country. The Taj Mahal (1983), Borobudur (1991) and Uluru (2007) are examples where countries have obtained the…

19 October 2011

Howardignatius — Is enough being done to analyse industry’s effects on the environment? howardignatius

What is Gladstone’s LNG development really doing to the environment?

By Colin Hunt

The Queensland port city of Gladstone has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. Fish and other marine life have been infected by a strange parasite that seemed to make the leap to humans…

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UNESCO throws down gauntlet on Great Barrier Reef ports

Coal seam gas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland election – an analysis of party policy

Is the Great Barrier Reef listing? The UN asks if we’re still heritage-worthy

What is Gladstone’s LNG development really doing to the environment?

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