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ABC News reporter, Mark Willacy, has been investigating the method by which a $3 million grant was made to a Brisbane company to undertake a feasibility study into a dam at Urannah Creek west...

The Whitsunday region will be a big beneficiary of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) announcement that two local projects will receive $19 million in ARENA support. ARENA has announced that it will help...

  Mackay Conservation Group will hold a rally at Bluewater Quay at 6pm on Wednesday 31 August to call on the federal government to overturn the Adani Carmichael mine approval. Other rallies will be...

Keep an eye on the reef If you spend time out on the water or by the water’s edge then you should think about downloading the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s mobile app “Eye...

Teal St, Slade Point 1.45pm Saturday 30 July 2016 The Mackay Conservation Group is holding its third Beautiful Walk for 2016. This walk will be held at the Slade Point Reserve and we will...

Rio Tinto has offered to sell the Blair Athol mine for $1 to a tiny mining company called TerraCom Limited. Rio Tinto has also agreed to pay TerraCom $80 million in cash if they...

Mackay Conservation Group released a report last week which shows that tens of millions of taxpayer’s dollars will be wasted if the proposed Urannah Dam west of Mackay goes ahead The report is a...

The Great Barrier Reef is being threatened from many fronts. Climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching, disease outbreaks, extreme weather, shipping, ghost nets, rubbish and introduced species are all stressing the reef. The reef...

SORRY, WE HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE THIS EVENT FOR TWO WEEKS. MORE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED SOON. The Mackay Conservation Group is holding its third Beautiful Walk for 2016 at Slade Point Reserve. Slade...

Download a copy of the report "An Economic Analysis Of The Urannah Dam Project" here:  Urannah Dam economic analysis