Media Releases

Media Release: Dams condemned by farmers, environmentalists and scientists

November 27, 2020

Media Release 27 November 2020 The Queensland Coordinator General has today released draft terms of reference for Environmental Impact Statements for increasing the size of the Burdekin Falls Dam and construction of a new...

Media Release: LNP Dams Plan was a Political Fizzer

November 02, 2020

2 November 2020 The outcome of last weekend’s Queensland election shows that voters could not be swayed by the promise of the biggest dam building program in Australia’s history. The LNP promised to build...

Media Release : Urannah Dam won't help Queensland Recover

May 07, 2020

7 May 2020 Mackay Conservation Group has questioned the Queensland Government’s support of a proposal to spend $2.9 billion on Urannah Dam in Central Queensland saying this is not the best use of public...

Media Release: Peabody job cuts are just the beginning

April 30, 2020

Media Release 30 April 2020 Today's news that coal mining giant Peabody Energy will be cutting its workforce by ten per cent shows the danger of relying on resource industries according to Mackay Conservation...

Media Release: Conservation group calls for urgent action to prevent future coral bleaching

April 24, 2020

Media Release 24 April 2020 Mackay Conservation Group is mobilising the local community to speak out about climate change and its devastating impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Over the past five years the...