| | 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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