

|  | The Brisbane Line Queensland's days of trying to control development with rhetoric might finally be coming to an end, although much depends on the the State... More>>
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|  | The late Barrier Reef The do not a lot approach to climate change came under question on revelations that the Great Barrier Reef would be only a remnant within 50 years... More>>
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|  | Battle for green divides the Sunshine Coast Controlling growth, the key issue in keeping Queensland desirable, took a long time to be established as a media issue. Phil Dickie and Susan... More>>
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|  | The sands of Shelburne Postscript: Soon after this article was published, the Queensland government did the right thing and cancelled the mining leases. More>>
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|  | Coloring in a Great Reef Raw politics starts to give way to science as the Great Barrier Reef earns more protection. This feature, published in The Canberra Times and The... More>>
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|  | Reef Knots Getting deep and disrespectfully into Great Barrier Reef politics, science and water quality. Such articles are greatly dreaded by governments and... More>>
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|  | Are we ready for a million more? An abundance of plans and a poor record in implementing any, is no way to control growth in SE Qld. This article was a bit ahead of events for the... More>>
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|  | Pull the Plug Sick of puns and newspaper headlines on Paradise Lost and Paradise Drowned the State government is trying to direct common discourse towards the... More>>
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|  | The Chain Gang History and science both warn of calamity if Queensland rural landowners don’t stop denuding the landscapes of vegetation. Phil Dickie looks at a... More>>
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|  | Australia's environment There is some good news, but not much - and some of that is the result of happy accidents rather than successful policy responses to environmental... More>>
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|  | Midnight Oil The feature lead that burnt the fingers of oil interests secretly sizing up the Great Barrier Reef and embarrassed the government agencies... More>>
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|  | The rise and rise of Cubbie Station The story of Cubbie is usually presented as one of enterprise winning over a harsh land. A full story would include the considerable favours... More>>
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|  | Acid soils and algal blooms While salinity gets most of the attention, acid sulfate soils exposed by cavalier development can have dangerous as well as damaging side effects. More>>
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|  | Belting up the Brigalow The initial essential backgrounder on Queensland's third world scale land clearing. As governments floundered about on the issue, it is salutary... More>>
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|  | Killing the golden goose The destruction of Magnetic Island's beautiful Nelly Bay exposed all the gross inadequacies of Queensland's developer friendly planning laws. More>>
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|  | Thorns of a dilemna The article that blew away official scientific complacency over the reef's future, lifted the lid on the real story of the Crown of Thorns, helped... More>>
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