Media Releases

Media Release 16 December 2022 Mackay Conservation Group is celebrating a major victory after yesterday's announcement that Urannah Dam had been withdrawn from the environmental assessment process.   The cancelled dam would have drowned...

Media Release 8 December 2022 Mackay Conservation Group has welcomed today’s announcement that Glencore has abandoned its Valeria coal mine proposal, a greenfield project near Capella in Central Queensland. The mine would have produced...

Media Release 25 October 2022 Mackay Conservation Group has welcomed the federal government’s reversal of a previous commitment to provide $483 million of taxpayer’s funds to subsidise construction of Urannah Dam in tonight’s budget....

Mackay Conservation Group (MCG) has labeled the Palaszczuk Government’s announcement today of a pumped hydro scheme in the Pioneer Valley as a concern for the local environment. MCG Coordinator, Peter McCallum said, "All of...

Media Release 27 September 2022 The proposed Urannah Dam west of Mackay will return as little as 26 cents for every dollar it costs, prompting Mackay Conservation Group to write this week to the...