DATE: 28 October 2018 KUR-ALERT: Peaceful Direct Action in Kuranda - KUR-World / KUR-Cow Open Day Kuranda residents turned out along the roadside at Myola to object to the KUR-World project as buses and private cars made their way to the property for the Open Day today.
DATE: 30 September 2018 KUR-ALERT: Rally Wednesday 26 September - peaceful direct action stopped the KUR-Cow bus! Wednesday morning was a great example of participatory democracy! Residents and tourists alike say a firm ’NO’ to the urbanisation of the Myola Valley. Thank You to all who turned up early on a week day to engage in Peaceful
DATE: 7 March 2018 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST Globally-distinguished biologist: protecting the Myola Valley is "vital" The Kuranda community is mobilising to find a suitable conservation buyer for the controversial ‘Barnwell Estate’, in the event the Macao-based developer loses interest and wishes to on-sell the rural-zoned land at a fair price. Several letters of support
DATE: 27 February 2018 TO: Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning tropicalnorthqld@dsd.qld.gov.au Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment: 10 Feb 2017 - 11 Dec 2017 Curtis Pitt - Mulgrave@parliament.qld.gov.au Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games: 12 Dec 2017 Kate Jones - cooper@parliament.qld.gov.au,
DATE: 4 February 2018 TO: Our wide brown land Support our new series that shines the spotlight on Australia’s neglected environmental issues Help us to move these issues up the public agenda and challenge governments to do more https://contribute.theguardian.com/uk?countryGroup=au&INTCMP=aus_environment_campaign_2018 Hi WBL Team, We would like to submit our local case in Kuranda to your
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DATE: 1 February 2018 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST Local community and conservationists have written to the Minister for Local Government, alerting him to deep community concern over huge subdivision proposals in the exceptionally biodiverse Myola Valley - and warning of what appears to be a systematic developer-driven campaign to undo FNQ's regional planning framework. Two
DATE: 29 November 2017 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST KUR-WORLD DEVELOPER MCU APPROVED BY Mareeba Shire Council "delegated authority" While attention was focused on the Queensland election last week, the Mareeba Shire Mayor and CEO colluded in an astonishing action related to the notorious proposed 'Kur-World' mega-development in the Myola Valley near Kuranda. Using powers allegedly
DATE: 9 August 2017 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST KURANDA RESIDENTS APPLAUD GUTSY STATE GOVERNMENT ACTION ON GOLD COAST AND CALL FOR THE SAME The Palaszczuk government's wise decision to block a proposed casino/hotel resort at Southport spit on the Gold Coast is encouraging to opponents of a similarly dubious project near Kuranda, Far North Queensland. The
