Updated on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 09:48AM by stevem

I have heard from a few reliable sources that the official ‘party’ line within the Queensland labor party regarding the impact of the Traveston Crossing Proposal on lungfish goes something like this: “They haven’t bred in the Mary River for over forty years - so their only hope for species survival is a captive breeding programme and Traveston won’t make any significant difference to the chances of species survival if a captive breeding programme is in place.”

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Updated on Friday, May 4, 2007 at 11:23AM by stevem

Updated on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 10:05PM by stevem

Updated on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 09:46AM by stevem

Updated on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 11:03AM by stevem

As many groups as possible with an interest in the Upper Mary, Obi, Maroochy and Mooloolah catchments familiarise themselves with the implications of this proposal, and co-operate in writing submissions on the TOR for the EIS. (DEADLINE is 14th MAY) As many groups as possible formulate a case to present to the Federal DEW assessor (Alex Rankin) to reconsider her decision in light of the clear implications the project has for EPBC listed species (particularly the cod) on the grounds that the proponent did not provide any advice at all as to the likely implications of the project on stream flows and subsequent impacts on EPBC matters in the Mary. From the information submitted by the proponent it would have been impossible for the assessor to have any idea of the impact on these EPBC matters.

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Updated on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 11:26AM by stevem

Another Valley resident, Steve Burgess, presented an information session at Griffith University yesterday on the work he and Darren Edward have done auditing the State Government’s often questionable data on hydrology and engineering matters. Sen Bartlett said the aim of last night’s information session was to try to give Brisbane people the facts on the dam and the threats it poses to the environment and the community. “We need to get Brisbane people on-side,” he said yesterday. “The Government has already programmed themselves to ignore people outside Brisbane.”

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