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BREAKING NEWS – we just won our court case against Adani’s Carmichael mine! If built, the proposed Carmichael mine would have been Australia’s largest coal mine exporting up to 60 million tonnes  of coal...

  Shoal Point Low Tide Beautiful Walk 30 August 2015, 3pm-5pm Cnr Denman Ave & O'Brien Esplanade, Shoal Point The next Beautiful Walk of the current series will be held at Shoal Point on...

 In June residents in Andergrove reported their concerns with the clearing of 25 trees in an endangered melaleuca wetland regional ecosystem that is part of the Great Barrier Reef wetland system of McCreadys Creek...

Mackay Conservation Group was established three decades ago by a group of people concerned with the development plans for Linderman Island. Since then the group has become the most significant voice for protecting the...

Critical new information may halt Carmichael mine The Mackay Conservation Group has submitted critical new information in the Federal Court in Sydney amending their challenge to Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s approval of the Carmichael...

Air quality standards in Australia are in dire need of improvement. The Australian State, Territory and Commonwealth governments are currently reviewing the existing standards which outline ‘safe’ levels of exposure from a variety of...

Coal seam gas is set to increase massively in Central Queensland. Arrow Energy is deciding this year whether to proceed with the Bowen Gas project, which could mean up to 6000 new wells, so...

Areas in North Queensland, like Townsville, are experiencing their driest wet season on record, and the Bureau of Meterology is declaring a major El Nino, further South we’re seeing unprecedented storms and heavy rainfalls. ...

 Air quality standards in Australia are in dire need of improvement. The Australian State, Territory and Commonwealth governments are currently reviewing the existing standards which outline ‘safe’ levels of exposure from a variety of...

Mackay Conservation Group has joined with 350.org and over 40 local groups around the country on a national week of actions next week called Raise the Heat on Commbank. We’d love you to be...