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PETITION: Gain back the right for our elected Councillors to represent us

Please sign this petition to support Councillors in gaining back control to represent us on Development Application decisions. PETITION TO: Mareeba Shire Councillors We, the undersigned, petition Councillors, as our elected representatives, to take back management oversight of the development application assessment and approval process by withdrawing the delegation to the CEO which was enacted

KUR-ALERT Armchair Direct Action – Petition Submission

Petition to clean up KUR-World dam failure in Owen Creek catchment before the sediment load DESTROYS MORE endangered Kuranda Tree Frog habitat.  See video of condition of creek below. Did you know the KUR-World development site has belched tonnes of clay from the failure of the dam wall - upstream of Owen Creek in Myola?

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR BILL LAURANCE JCU TESS

STOP KUR-WORLD FUNDRAISER, Friday 28 July 2017 welcomes Distinguished Professor Bill Laurance from JCU Centre for Tropical Environmental Sustainability Science (TESS) 6:35 Australia has a history of quite extensive land use. But particularly when we’re talking about the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, this is an area that has been substantially protected,

Kuranda Conservation Rainforest Trust Application

Kuranda Conservation is currently seeking support for a Rainforest Trust SAVES Application to bring BARNWELL 626ha into conservation upon the next sale of the land parcel. --- To find out more about the Rainforest Trust SAVES  program that aims to create new protected areas and expand existing ones for Critically Endangered and Endangered species,

LETTER TO MSC RE: Request for changes to council meetings

DATE: 27 September 2017 LETTER TO MSC RE: Request for changes to council meetings Dear CEO, Mayor and Councillors, Request for changes to council meetings With Ipswich council chief executive officer Jim Lindsay being charged with official corruption last week, ratepayers' attention has been focused once again on local government practices. So it is more important

LETTER: TO CHINESE AMBASSADOR CANBERRA, REGARDING KUR-WORLD PROPOSAL IN KURANDA, FNQ

DATE: 30 August 2017 LETTER: TO CHINESE AMBASSADOR CANBERRA, REGARDING KUR-WORLD PROPOSAL IN KURANDA, FNQ TO: CHINESE AMBASSADOR Dear Chinese Ambassador We write on behalf of a network of environment and residents groups in the Kuranda Region of Far North Queensland, near to Cairns. Chinese settlement is long-standing in this part of the world and we respect