Cape York Updates

Warren Entsch fails Cape York environment protection test - August 17, 2010

With the release of our federal election scorecard, the Wilderness Society in Cairns focused on making Cape York protection a high priority in the Far North seat of Leichhardt.

Australian Federal Election - Your environment, your future, your vote - July 23, 2010

The Federal election is on Saturday, August 21. Get active, tell the major parties the environment is your priority, and let’s get the environment and action on climate change on the federal agenda.

Wenlock now protected as a Wild River! - July 29, 2010

After an extensive campaign involving many tens of thousands of supporters over many years, the Wenlock River on Cape York has finally been protected.

A new National Park for Cape York - May 27, 2010

A new National Park has been created on Cape York, which offers hope to the endangered Golden Shouldered Parrot as well as protection for other species and landscapes.

Quarter of a million people call for protection of Wenlock River and Steve Irwin Reserve - April 06, 2010

The Wilderness Society today announced that a staggering 280,000 people have expressed their support to protect the Wenlock River on Cape York and adjacent Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve from a proposed bauxite mine, by signing petitions, writing letters and sending emails to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.

The myth of Northern Australia becoming the “food bowl of Asia” has been dealt a crushing blow - February 23, 2010

In early February 2010, the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce released a scientific report produced by the CSIRO that examined the future of development in Northern Australia. The report emphasized that massive irrigated development would face substantial natural constraints and severely impact on the region’s fragile ecosystems.

The Wilderness Society Queensland Festivals' Fun! - February 11, 2010

The Wilderness Society Queensland (TWSQ) has had a busy time over the festive holiday season with back to back festivals and events.

Abbott braving the rapids over Wild Rivers legislation - January 14, 2010

Tony Abbott’s "fair dinkum environmentalism" was spectacularly short-lived. If putting trade ahead of protecting whales, and labelling climate change concerns "crap" weren’t enough, Abbott has now launched a campaign to try to undo protections on pristine river systems on Cape York -- some of the last natural, free-flowing rivers in the country.

Crazy northern schemes torpedoed by reality check - October 09, 2009

In late September, Australia’s leading scientific research organisation, the CSIRO, provided a much needed reality check to mad schemes to turn northern Australia into a giant irrigated farm.

Mining the Wenlock? … what a croc! - October 13, 2009

Bauxite mining companies have the Wenlock River area firmly in their sights, but a looming decision by the Queensland Government on the Wild River declaration proposal for the Wenlock could protect one of Australia’s last free-flowing rivers and the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve from these destructive mines.