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LETTER: Frustration at lack of community engagement to Minister for State Development and Ministers for Natural Resources and Mines 1 FEB 2017

SENT: 1st February 2017 TO: sdainfo@coordinatorgeneral.qld.gov.au CC: info@dsd.qld.gov.au; integratedresorts@dsd.qld.gov.au; Cairns@dsd.qld.gov.au; info@kurandaregion.org Minister for State Development and Ministers for Natural Resources and Mines Hon Anthony Lynham PO Box 15216 CITY EAST QLD 4002   Dear Minister for State Development and Ministers for Natural Resources and Mines. RE: COMMUNITY REFERENCE GROUP FOR KUR-WORLD IS NON REPRESENTIVE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY

Dog Attack- a Significant Impact and Threatening Process

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation Unrestrained domestic, hunting and wild dogs are an identified threat and major cause of cassowary deaths, particularly in areas near residential development. Chicks and sub-adults are small enough to be killed or separated from their parent by dogs while packs of dogs also kill

LETTER: Reporting Breach Cultural Heritage Duty of Care to Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships 31 Jan 2017

ORIGINAL FILE Reporting-Breach-Cultural-Heritage-Duty-of-Care-31-Jan-2017 Bulwai Cultural Heritage Lions Club PO Box 661, Kuranda QLD 4881 Phone: 07 4093 9008 Date: 31 January 2017 To: Queensland Government, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships via email CC: Kuranda Region Planning Group SITE: BARNWELL 12 RURAL TITLES/ KUR-World Integrated Eco-resort/ KUR-COW, KURANDA I am reporting the following five

Cases of site specific dog controls in National Parks / World Heritage Areas

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation   Lord Howe Island, World Heritage Area, NSW A World Heritage Area in NSW that has enacted strict quarantine restrictions to protect its unique flora and fauna. These restrictions are controlled by the Lord Howe Island Board who has developed a “Dog Importation and

Dog Attacks on Cassowaries

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation A dogs teeth and jaws have evolved to capture, kill and eat prey, their canine teeth can puncture, tear and penetrate deeper than their length and their jaws have hundreds of pounds of pressure designed to crush tissue and bone. Only 24 dog

TOPIC: Projected Urban Growth in Kuranda Region

The release of the Kuranda Suburban Water Security Project has posed some interesting questions for our community about the difference between our FNQ Regional Plan 2009 - 2031 and Mareeba Shire Council Planning Scheme July 2016 planning instruments - and the pressing KUR-World mega-development. On the recently published Kuranda Suburban Water Security Project web page:

MEDIA RELEASE: KUR-World: Cultural Heritage Duty of Care breaches 31 JAN 2017

DATE: 31 JAN 2017 MEDIA RELEASE TO: carl@theexpressnewspaper.com.au, daniel.bateman@news.com.au, editorial@tablelandnewspapers.com.au, shorey.kier@abc.net.au, lauren.dor@news.com.au, katherine.kokkonen@news.com.au KUR-World: Cultural Heritage Duty of Care breaches It is my duty as Elder and spokesperson to speak of Bulwai matters as they concern Bulwai people, lands and water. The proposed KUR-World Development site is on Bulwai tribal lands and yet no

LETTER: Reporting Earthworks Activity Barnwell to Mareeba Shire Council 31 JAN 17

ORIGINAL FILE: Reporting-Earthworks-Activity-Barnwell-Kuranda-MSC-31-Jan-2017 Bulwai Cultural Heritage Lions Club PO Box 661, Kuranda QLD 4881 Phone: 07 4093 9008 Date: 31 January 2017 To: Brian Millard, Mareeba Shire Council via email CC: Kuranda Region Planning Group Re: BARNWELL 12 RURAL TITLES / KUR-WORLD / KUR-COW, KURANDA Re: ALLEGED UNLAWFUL OPERATIONAL WORKS – BARNWELL ROAD, KURANDA Thank you