The opposite is true! The Kuranda Tree Frog habitat is entirely in the northern development area. In the Cairns Post article dated 13 July 2016 - Craig Crawford had been misinformed. State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the independent Co-ordinator-General would work closely with the proponent and government agencies to ensure that
Sent to Mareeba Shire Council 29 July 2016 Dear Councillor We are concerned that council's investigation of the preferred area No. 3 Clohesy River area (which covers the whole of Koah past the Koah service station down to the Barron river) might lead to a reduction of the minimum lot size of the rural zone
World-wide, smaller farm-holdings play a valuable role in providing nutritious food for literally billions of people. Unfortunately, with the commercialisation and industrialisation of food-growing and land-use, the real value of farmers and healthy soils and waterways has been pushed to the limits in favour of unit-production and corporate strategising for control of land, food and
On 5.00am, Sunday 17 July - KUR-Cow appears for the first time. Full story here: http://www.cairnspost.com.au/business/developer-knocks-casino-on-head-for-kuranda/news-story/67960e79a434b0ef2377513ce5e96b2d The Mareeba Shire Council retrospectively approved the 'rural dam' on Wednesday, 20 July 2016. KUR-Cow Pty Ltd, the ‘lawfully established grazing operations’ was not registered until after the dam was approved. There are no allocated hectares for KUR-Cow ‘lawfully
You are invited to Kuranda Region Planning Group meeting (KRPG) (formerly Friends of Kuranda Region Planning Group) Sunday 17 July at midday at Fallon Rd Rec Centre to discuss KUR WORLD. Please see agenda below. We aim to start promptly so please come on time and bring finger food to share if you plan to
Update | The Planning Act 2016 is here | 7 July 2016 We’re delighted that the Queensland Parliament has given its assent to the new planning legislation, which marks a renewed approach to planning in our great state. The new legislation, which will commence in mid-2017, is a key enabler to achieving our vision of having the
Barnwell Road Historically Zoned Rural 12 Titles The KUR-World proposed project area is located centrally in the Kuranda township on 626ha – approximately a third of all residential land subdivided in Kuranda so far. The project area straddles sensitive habitat for endangered Wet Tropics species and development will severely impact on the Kuranda Envirolink Corridor.
This article by Jo Martin published 19 January 2016 was written in response to the sale of Barnwell 12 Rural Titles in Kuranda - now the site of the proposed KUR-World / KUR-Cow site. The Barnwell 12 title 626ha (1547acres, 6.26km2) has highlighted an important issue for our community. This property, recently sold privately,
