Wild Rivers Updates
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Take action - contact the party leaders - February 01, 2012
Your voice is powerful. Let our political leaders know they must protect the best of Queensland’s environment.
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Why damn northern Australia? - September 20, 2011
How many hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars is Tony Abbott prepared to pour down the bottomless pit labelled northern development to keep Barnaby Joyce and Bill Heffernan happy? Unfortunately it looks like the sky is the limit following reports that Team Abbott is refloating harebrain schemes to farm northern Australia by damming the rivers of the Top End.
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Outback rivers thirsty for protection - August 24, 2011
Queensland’s iconic inland river systems - the Georgina River, Diamantina River, and fabled Cooper Creek all flow into Lake Eyre in South Australia. But like increasing areas of rural Australia, the mining industry is marching rapidly into this remarkable region. Mining tenements of some sort now cover a staggering 80% of these river catchments.
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Cape York wonder returned to Traditional Owners - August 02, 2011
Rinyirru National Park is the largest national park on Cape York Peninsula and one of the largest in northern Australia. Rinyirru is home to spectacular and abundant bird life, beautiful lakes and waterholes and is choc full of saltwater crocodiles. In late June 2011, the ownership and management of this special place was returned to its Traditional Owners after a 30 year campaign.
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Abbott's Bill up the creek without a paddle - May 12, 2011
Thank you to the thousands of supporters who have sent emails and contacted politicians during this campaign. Abbott’s Bill isn’t completely finished, but this second failure in the Senate means we have put a big hole into an already leaky piece of legislation.
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Wild Rivers safe…for now - March 28, 2011
In the days preceding the vote, Nick Xenophon’s office was bombarded with almost 2500 emails from our supporters calling on him to reject the Abbott Bill. An announcement that the vote has now been postponed until 10 May 2011 indicates that Senator Xenophon received the message loud and clear.
Wild Rivers fact sheet
