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
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
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?
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,
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
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
DATE: 6 AUGUST 2017 TO: The Right Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland CC: Mareeba Shire Council, Cairns Post, Kuranda Region Planning Group On Tuesday July 11th at the 'Town Hall' meeting held in Cairns, I asked our premier about the Kur-World development in the Myola Valley of Kuranda. This development, which will double the population
EVENT: STOP KUR-WORLD FUNDRAISER, Friday 28 July 2017 - Kuranda Amphitheatre Understage - MC resident Cheryl Tonkin - Videos, in order of appearance: Steven Nowakowski, Professor Bill Laurance, Dr Cameron Murray, Denis Walls STOP KUR-WORLD FUNDRAISER, Friday 28 July 2017 welcomes resident Steven Nowakowski with imagery showing the earthworks (including dam),
DATE: 11 JULY 2017 TO: The Right Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland, On 11 July 2017 at the Community Forum (Brother’s Leagues Club, Anderson St.) local resident Keila put this question to the premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (awaiting reply): I live in Kuranda, a destination for many visitors to this region because of its rainforest
