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HOW much can a koala bear?
Not much more, says Ray Chambers, who is desperately trying to save the habitat of what is thought to be Caloundra’s last koala.
The male koala has been living on a two-hectare block which backs on to Caloundra Road for about six months.
He has become a favourite with locals, who often [...]

Listen to the recording of Jack Connolly being interviewed by Diet Simon on the EIS and “consultation” on Noosa Community Radio.
From the Noosa Community radio website:
Powerlink the electricity lines builder owned by the bullying Queensland government, has dropped a nasty pre-Christmas present into the laps of the people resisting plans for a 275,000-volt line from [...]

The Coast council has given people power a boost with it’s call this week for expressions of interest for alternatives to the State Government’s controversial Eerwah Vale power lines plan.
Read the article below by Isobel Coleman that appeared in the Noosa Journal on 31 December 2009.

Elmes claims state government lacks the will to save koalas.
Read more in the attached Noosa News article that appeared on 29 December 2009.
Koala Habitat is Threatened - Glen Elmes

QUEENSLAND Government lies over the Traveston Crossing dam proposal should be subject to an independent public inquiry, according to Gympie Federal MP Warren Truss.

As Mary Valley residents celebrated the end of the dam proposal, Mr Truss said the state government had wasted up to $865 million on an unapproved project backed by significantly flawed environmental [...]

The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is taking the fight to save the nation’s iconic animals overseas after becoming frustrated with lack of action from government leaders here.
The AKF’s CEO Deborah Tabart said last week she would attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month to highlight declining koala habitat and numbers.
She said [...]

From the Sunshine Coast Environment Council - See you on Friday.
This is an opportunity to publicly raise the plight of our native flora and fauna largely due to habitat destruction from rampant development.
Please contact us for further information and for bookings on the Rally bus.
Your conservation efforts are really appreciated and joining together in this [...]

AUSTRALIA is in the weakest position of any industrialised nation to compete in a clean-energy world, a new report has found.
Despite high levels of wealth and education, the nation’s heavy-polluting coal-fired electricity, its energy-intensive exports like aluminium and its high levels of car ownership make it one of the developed countries least able to generate [...]

[ September 25, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] From Save Our Koalas Rally Organisers
This rally is a peaceful community rally, giving us the opportunity to celebrate our Koala and bring attention to their fight for survival.

The route has been approved by the city’s authorities and is as follows:

Meet in Brisbane Square at 11 a.m.
Rally will begin exactly at 12 noon

March up George Street, [...]

The following article appears in the Sunshine Coast Council eNews (2 September 2009):

Green light for green projects
Council has given the green light to environment projects designed to deliver on council’s vision for the Sunshine Coast as Australia’s most sustainable region.
The projects – funded from council’s Environment Levy and valued at $35 million plus over [...]