Media Releases

Media Release Celebrating 40 Years of Conservation in Mackay11 October 2024 Mackay Conservation Group is celebrating a milestone 40th anniversary this year, marking four decades of dedicated service to protecting the region’s natural environment...

Media Release 3 October 2024 Queensland coal company Vitrinite is illegally bulldozing koala habitat at its proposed Vulcan South coal mine in Central Queensland while they await Federal environmental approval. Vitrinite is seeking approval...

Media Release 22 February 2024 A disturbing pattern of environmental  breaches by Queensland Coking Coal Pty Ltd and their subsidiary Vitrinite Pty Ltd at the Vulcan Coal Mine in the Bowen Basin has come...

Media Release 8 February 2024 The Queensland Department of Environment and Science has today approved Whitehaven Coal’s Environmental Authority for their proposed Winchester South coal mine, taking this destructive greenfield coal project one step...

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2022 Mackay Conservation Group is celebrating a major victory after yesterday's announcement that Urannah Dam had been withdrawn from the environmental assessment process.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...