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Barrier Reef dredging: Queensland approves plan dump spoil on land
2014-09-08 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The Queensland government wants to pay for dredged seabed from a major coal port expansion to be dumped on land instead of in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The premier, Campbell Newman, announced on Monday that cabinet had approved a new disposal plan for dredge spoil at the Abbot Point coal port near Bowen, which would reuse the material on land. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has been asked to fast-track the application. It comes despite North Queensland Bulk Ports...
Greg Beashel from Queensland Sugar Limited
2014-05-12 09:09:35| Sugar Industry News
QSL CEO Greg Beashel says sugar mills are showing strong support for the company, even though some are moving away to market their own economic interest of sugar.
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Cyclone Ita's damage to far north Queensland sugar cane to cost millions
2014-04-15 09:25:32| Sugar Industry News
Sugar cane growers in far north Queensland say about 90 per cent of crops in the region have been wiped out by now ex-Tropical Cyclone Ita.
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Australia: How severe is the drought in Queensland and New South Wales?
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced a $320 million assistance package to support drought-hit farmers in New South Wales and Queensland. Justifying the package, Mr Abbott said: "Drought of this severity is not the normal course of business. This is not just a once-in-a-decade drought. It's a once-in-a-quarter-century drought in many places. In some places, it's a once-in-a-century drought". ABC Fact Check investigates whether the current drought really is a "once-in-a-quarter-century" drought...
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Queensland Government takes back heavy vehicle permit processing from federal regulator
2014-02-18 00:50:05| Trucking - Topix.net
The Queensland Government has taken back some responsibilities for issuing heavy vehicle permits after concerns were raised by the trucking industry.
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