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What are YOU doing to stop the Traveston Crossing Dam?
Updated on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 09:14AM by
stevem
Here is a way to be an active citizen in the run-up to the looming 2009 state election -
Is the State Government at last being persuaded on Traveston Dam?
Recently, Premier Anna Bligh announced a delay “of several years” in the construction of Traveston Dam on the Mary River. The reasons behind this decision could be interpreted in several ways. Could it have been the findings of the independent reports commissioned by Environment Minister Peter Garrett? Could it have been the many thousands of letters of opposition to the dam proposal that pass across parliamentary desks? Or could it be that the government has recognised the dam as an environmental albatross around its neck in the lead-up to a state election? Or perhaps it’s all three? No longer is this a local issue; environment groups across the country have thrown their weight behind the campaign. There has never been a more crucial time to add your voice to the opposition to Traveston Dam.
'From my family... to yours'
The campaign to Save the Mary River from the proposed Traveston Dam has just launched an exciting new initiative to inform Brisbane residents about the importance of preserving the river… and why the dam will not solve their water woes. The initiative, called ‘From my family… to yours’ encourages people who live near the Mary River (from Maleny to Hervey Bay) to send a copy of the beautiful new book ‘Love, Mary’ to a randomly selected Brisbane family, along with a letter of explanation.
'LOVE, MARY' - the book
Updated on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 08:53AM by
stevem
The Mary River now has its own book to share its story as one of the last remaining rivers still flowing relatively freely in south-east Queensland. Although the dam proposal has now been ‘delayed’, this book will continue the momentum of the campaign to save the Mary River, aiming to stop the proposed dam completely.
Don Bennett-Pioneer in Surgery
Don Bennett-Pioneer in Surgery 14 APR 1939-4 0CT 2008
