Koalas are under threat of extinction. Powerlink’s highly controversial power-line project through Noosa Biosphere will destroy the last remaining healthy koala habitat and unique nature corridor in Noosa’a hinterland. Destruction of our biodiversity means extinction of our significant and iconic species. There are alternatives. Please watch the video.
This article, written by Isobel Coleman, appeared in the Noosa Journal on 28th Jan 2011.
An Eerwah Vale doctor fighting proposed high voltage powerlines across his land this week slammed government agency Powerlink for again ignoring koala conservation in the area. The war of words comes just weeks after residents praised Powerlink for revisiting the issue. Members [...]
Letter to The Editor, Noosa Journal 14 Jan 2011.
I SAW Powerlink’s CEO Simon Bartlett’s reactive response in The Journal but I have a response of my own.
I am sure everyone reading his letter would be baffled as to how the cutting down of a mature koala feed tree and habitat can be replaced by a [...]
Letter to The Editor, Noosa Journal 17 Dec 2010.
POWERLINK strongly refutes claims by PAGE president Jack Connolly in an article in the Noosa Journal (December 10), that additional assessment work Powerlink is undertaking, before seeking ministerial designation, is an admittance of insufficient environmental studies.
Following the release of the Final EIS for the Woolooga to Eerwah [...]
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is a complex and lengthy document. In order to deliver a meaningful, community-centred reflection of impacted residents’ concerns, a substantial amount of time and effort was required, but not provided.
The main requirement of the EIS was to provide an assessment of the environmental (economic, social, cultural and physical) impacts from the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the proposed transmission line (TL) and substation, and to duly consider alternatives to the proposal carried forward. Ultimately this document is to be used to form the basis of a Ministerial designation of land for community infrastructure.
To: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The petition of residents of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that:
Kate Jones MP as a representative of the State Government of QLD, recently stated that: ”we want to protect koala habitat for the future”
and that Premier Bligh’s [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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