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After finding some gliders living in a nesting box at his place, Tom Curtis recently pondered whether they had a better life than him. He wondered whether life would be calmer as a possum,...

Every day during the Coronavirus epidemic there has been at least one state or national leader holding a news conference outlining the situation and their plans to keep us all safe. Every one of...

by Peter McCallum, Coordinator, Mackay Conservation Group The most intense moments of my life have been witnessing the birth of my children. New life entering the world filled me with love, hope and enormous responsibility. ...

  Adani has been found guilty by a Queensland court for the criminal offence of providing false and misleading information to the Queensland government about land clearing at its mine site in central Queensland....

17 January 2020 Shared from Radio 4MKhttps://www.4mk.com.au/news/local-news/124030-adani-responds-to-claims-of-water-grab Adani Responds To Claims of 'Water Grab'By Michelle Brewer Community opposition is growing against Adani’s plan to extract up to 12.5 billion litres per year from the...

One of Mackay’s unique species is Irwin’s Turtle. Back in 1990 the famous naturalist Steve Irwin and his father Bob were fishing near the Bowen River when Bob spotted an unusual white headed turtle....

The Whitsunday Region with its beautiful rainforests and spectacular islands attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Most of them are welcome but there is one particular type of visitor that we wish...

Adani is currently in private negotiations with the Queensland Government to secure a royalty holiday so they can afford to build their mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin.  The deal could extend until...

Grant Howard lives in Queensland and is a coal miner currently working in the Bowen Basin At 17, fresh out of school, I landed my first job as a coal miner and have been...

Mackay Conservation Group recently sponsored a community bushfire forum in Kuttabul so that locals could find out more about the future likelihood of fires and how to prepare. The Australia Institute’s principal adviser, Mark Ogge,...