CCC continues to lobby the State and Federal Governments to reduce emissions targets and to focus less on carbon trading and more on the development of renewables and alternative energies.

CCC believe that the scale of the plan is still over-the-top and inappropriate for this island. Even though Tower claim that it is only "a quarter" of the size of the original plan, it still includes - a 250 room hotel, 300 apartments, 750 villas, 250 berth marina, one 18 hole golf course, etc.

50,000 abandoned mines dot the Australian landscape, (15,000 in Qld) with many holding reservoirs of waste water vulnerable to flood.

Capricorn Conservation Council is horrified that a Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1 has run aground near Great Keppel Island. We can be certain that this is a sign of things to come.

Vegetation and land clearing is a complex issue for everyone. You need two permits for clearing remnant vegetation