Dr Gerard Joyce has put together a screening survey to assess the mental health impacts of the project.
The survey is easy to complete and has been shown to identify levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms.
It is can be ANONYMOUS and is strictly not a diagnostic test.
To take part in Dr Joyce’s study, download the survey [...]
The Sunshine Coast Council submission to the draft SEQ regional plan is a genuine attempt to express the aspirations of a community.
The document asks the Bligh government to take a fresh approach to planning, putting the focus on both the land’s real capacity and the interests of primary stakeholders.
Much of the data necessary to inform [...]
Vulnerable Richmond Birdwing Butterfly colonies in the path of the high voltage powerlines are officially on borrowed time, with plans to move their precious habitat revealed in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) now out for public consultation.
Dr Don Sands, President of the Richmond Birdwing Recovery Network, said he was shocked to hear that one [...]
Exponential growth or a planned future that marries our expectations with the environment’s capacity to both deliver on them and sustain itself?
That is the question that will be partly answered this week when the Sunshine Coast council finally reveals its response to the state government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan.
Just why the council failed to [...]
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Residents tasked with responding to a 1900-page Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding high voltage powerlines are outraged by the ludicrous deadline imposed by Powerlink, the project proponent.
Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) spokesperson Dr John Cronin said the group was angry at being refused an extension last week, despite the obvious issues involved [...]
The following letter was published in the Noosa News, 7 April 2009.
Dear Letter to the Editor,
Great to hear that our Noosa and hinterland is being acknowledged for the significance that attracts tourists to this special area. Tourists bring millions of dollars into the area. Dollars which can be used to maintain the uniqueness and health [...]
The copy of Parson Brinkerhoff’s refusal to grant an extension to the submission period for the draft EIS follows:
Email of: 9 April 2009
Dear Keith
Thankyou for your e-mail of 2 April requesting an extension to the
Woolooga to Cooroy South Transmission Line and Cooroy South Substation
Project Draft EIS submission period. We acknowledge that this request
has come through [...]
