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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,...

Friday on my mind 12.09.2019 This week the effects of climate change became all too real for many people living insouthern Queensland. Unprecedented fires continue to burn through prime agriculturalareas near Stanthorpe and Applethorpe...

Photo credit: CSIRO   The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most diverse and important ecosystems on the planet, and yet it is being suffocated by chemical and sediment run-off from the terrestrial environment. ...

The Daily Mercury 27.07.19 showed a front page headline decrying thepeaceful protest being organised against businesses that support the Adani mine.The Mackay Conservation Group makes no apology for legitimately opposingthis mine, because of the...

Humans are capable of amazing things. Our ingenuity is limitless. This month marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the moon. In 1969, only 8 years after President J F. Kennedy announced...