Although we have put up with the environmental impacts of coal mining in Queensland in the past, the forecast boom in mining development will create a massive degradation of the environment which is no longer acceptable.

The Connors River, the only remaining ‘wild’ river in the Fitzroy Basin is to be damned(sic) for the sake of the sulphurous, low grade, steaming coal,mega-mines in the Galilee Basin. CCC wrote to Minister Burke urging him to consider the potential impact on the vulnerable Fitzroy River Turtle

Coal Mining, Coal Seam Gas wells and Shale Oil/Gas mining should be strictly off limits for the coastal areas adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and GBR Marine Park

Gladstone Harbour has seen many years of industrial and port growth over recent decades. Industry has been part of the environmental equation in the harbour since the 1960’s. However the current scale of development and cumulative impact from multiple industrial projects undergoing construction simultaneously within the marine and coastal environment of Gladstone Harbour is unprecedented.

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