SENT: 8 February 2017 Friends of the Earth Far North Queensland POB 795 Kuranda QLD 4881 The Honourable Jackie Trad MP Deputy Premier, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade and Investment c/- State Interest Feedback Planning Group Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning PO Box 15009 CITY EAST QLD
SENT: 30 JAN 2017 Dear Mayor, Councillors, CEO and relevant council officers, We are writing once again to bring our concerns about turbidity in the creeks originating on and flowing through the KUR-World project site on Barnwell Road, Myola. These are habitat for the Kuranda Tree Frog and we request urgent action from council to
SENT: 18 JAN 2017 Dear Coordinator-General, Kuranda Region Planning Group would like to request a meeting with you to discuss the KUR-World Integrated 'Eco' -Resort planned for the rural and ecologically fragile Myola valley sometime this month, in February or March. We would like to request two to three hours hours of your time to
From: Sarah Isaacs Subject: letter to editor CP Date: 19 December 2016 To: Cairns Post Dear Editor, Your recent articles on the proposed mega resort and satellite suburb 'KUR-World' near Kuranda had me stunned. No mention to which safety standard the dam, originally built illegally , has been remediated. Would it stand up to a cyclone
From: Sarah Isaacs Subject: sedimentation risk from ripping & previous error in email Barnwell Rd / KUR-World EPBC Ref: 2016/7710 -KUR WORLD dam and land clearing Date: 19 December 2016 To: Compliance@environment.gov.au Cc: Terri-Ann.English@environment.gov.au Dear Compliance and Terri, As the Wet season approaches, we are concerned that more sedimentation events will occur on the Barnwell Rd
Would the KUR-World project, if approved, bring prosperity to the Kuranda region with increased levels of employment? A closer look at the reality of this proposal may make you doubt this would happen. Despite Project Manager Mark Lawson promising 545 jobs during construction and 600 jobs during operation in the recent Kuranda community meeting, he
