For decades, toxic dust has been a concern of Townsville residents. Being home to a large industrial port, it is no great surprise that Townsville is exposed to various forms of dust. In late 2014, NQCC commissioned Professor Mark Taylor from Macquarie University to undertake a study of the situation upwind of the port and the ensuing report, Atmospherically Deposited Metal and Metalloid Dust following a presentation to invited port stakeholders.

The logging of jarrah and marri trees in the Mowen Forest will affect threatened animal species such as the Forest Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Baudin's Cockatoo, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Orange-bellied Frog and the Quokka. In 2015 our group raised $110,000 in pledges to buy Mowen Forest from the State Government. A cheque was offered to the Premier but he declined to accept it. We also raised more than $10,000 in funds to support protestors who faced fines after participating in non- violent direct action. + visit the Save the Mowen Forest camp.

The Water Corporation planned to tap 45 gigalitres of water from the south-west Yarragadee aquifer due to Perth's depleted and decreasing water resources. MRREC members and local community played a huge role in getting this successful campaign running. The peak event of the campaign was a huge rally outside Western Australia's parliament house.

Serious anthropogenic threats to the future of Ipswich’s koalas exist in the form of transport infrastructure and incompatible land uses.

The close-knit community of Wollar in the upper Hunter Valley has already endured a decade of suffering from the nearby Wilpinjong coal mine. Now the mine owners want to expand the project to within 1.5km of the village, spelling the end for Wollar. Please help! Make a submission.