The Alerts below were distributed during 2008 and provided details on:

• Law Reform and Legal Policy Review initiatives and opportunities
• development applications being considered by local councils, the Queensland State Government and the Commonwealth Government (including referrals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth))

Law Reform and Legal Policy Review Notices

Including notices under the EPBC Act 1999 on Species and Ecological Communities and Protected Places.

Alert 38	Queensland River and Inshore Beam Trawl Fishery and Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery assessment notices.
Alert 37	Nominations for for Commonwealth National Heritage List, Windswept Helmut Orchid and Patagonian Toothfish and expressions of interest for the State of Environment (SoE) 2011 Committee.
Alert 31	Draft Wind Farm Industry Policy Statement and Independent review of the EPBC Act
Alert 29	Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets listed as endangered, Traveston Dam information and Northern Prawn Fishery assessment
Alert 28	Magnetic Island Draft Policy Statement, import of Russion Sturgeon assessment
Alert 27	Dwarf Sawfish nomination and Murray-Darling Basin (water buyback) Program
Alert 26	Chillagoe Karst Region nomination for National Heritage List
Alert 25	Draft Recovery Plans and Priority Assessment List announced
Alert 21	Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Green Paper
Alert 20	Torres Strait Trochus Fishery assessment
Alert 18	Inquiry into the operaton of the EPBC Act 1999 and Savannah Cat importation environmental assessment
Alert 16	Deepwater Fin Fish Fishery and Queensland Coaral Fin Fish Fishery assessments
Alert 13	FNQ2025 Regional (draft) Launch
Alert 5	State Coastal Management Plan review by EPA
Alert 3	Queensland’s East Coast Fin Fish industry call for submissions

Development Applications under the EPBC Act 1999 and Environmental Impact Statements for Significant Projects

Alert 38	Upgrade to Bruce Highway between Ingham and Cardwell.
Alert 37	Alpha Coal Project, Hay Point Coal Terminal seismic survey and decision on Abbot Point Project.
Alert 36	Kuranda Range Road safety works, decision on Felton Clean Coal Gasification Plant.
Alert 35	Garners Beach Residential Subdivision, Timor and Arafura Seas Seismic Survey, Lizard Island house and cottage and dcision on Bowen Basin Coal Co-disposal Facility.
Alert 34	Chalco Australia Bauxite Project at Abbot Point and Mareeba Residential Subdivision.    Environmental Impact Statements open for comment Gladstone - Fitzroy Pipeline, Shute Harbour Marina Development and Fisherman's Landing Port Expansion.
Alert 33	Mareeba Rural Subdivision, Gladstone - Fitzroy Pipeline and Shute Harbour Marina Development declared significant projects by DIP.
Alert 32	Shute Harbour Environmental Impact Statement open for comment through EPA
Alert 31	Bowen Basin Coal Co-disposal Facility and Clean Coal Gasification project at Felton
Alert 30	Decisions on Ross Substation Transmission Line and Cannonvale residential development
Alert 28	Townsville Marine Precinct, decisions on Blackwater Creek mine and Norwich Park Coal Mine
Alert 27	Coal Terminal Expansion at Port Abbot
Alert 26	Galilee Coal Project deciced to be unacceptable, Reef Cove Resort approval suspended
Alert 25	Abbot Point coal terminal apron and dredging, Weipa Buaxite mine extension and port, Connors River Dam
Alert 24	Oak Valley private house, Daunia (Bowen Basin) Open cut mine, Caval Ridge (Bowen Basin) Coal mine project
Alert 23	Ross substation , Myola Rural Residential Subdivision, Oak Valley Private House and Curtis LNG Project with nine referrals
Alert 22	Innisfail residential subdivision and artifical lake, Galilee Coal Project and decision that Wongaling Beach Subdivision was unacceptable
Alert 21	Electricity Supply extension at Little Mugrave River, Blackwater creek diversion and coal mine decission
Alert 20	Oak Valley private house, East Woree Industrial Area Subdivision
Alert 19	Optus Mobile Tower at Aeroglen, Cannonvale residentail development and facilities, Port of Abbot off-shore and seismic survey
Alert 18	Port Douglas relocation of Spectacled Flying Foxes
Alert 17	Myola Road rural residential subdivision
Alert 16	Bramston Beach Water and Sewerage Project, Myola Road development, Decision on Mission Beach residential subdivision, National Park Management Plan review and Deepwater Fin Fish Fishery and Queensland Coaral Fin Fish Fishery assessments
Alert 15	Optus Mobile Towers, Decisions on Cannonvale residential subdivision and Speewah rural residential subdivision
Alert 14	Mt Marlow residential subdivision, Cannonvale residential subdivision
Alert 12	Decisions on Whitsunday Shores Estate and Silkwood Ridge Estate residential subdivisions and Curtis Island gas pipeline
Alert 11	Ella Bay Integrated Resort Project
Alert 10	Cannonvale Residential Subdivision and Mount Carlton Silver Hill Mining Project
Alert 9	Replacement referral for Curtis Island Natural Gas Export Park
Alert 8	Bentley Park residential development, Curtis Island Natural Gas Export Park and Threatened Species nominations sought
Alert 7	Mission Beach residential development, Gas Pipeline from Ballera to Moomba, Bauxite mine near Weipa, detached house on Magnetic Island
Alert 6	Gladstone Liquified Gas Plant and Pipeline, Dalby Bio-refinery, Haggerstone Island Resort
Alert 4	Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal, Mission Beach residential development, Tourist resort on Wild Duck Island
Alert 2	Peak Downs East Coal Mine, Surat Basin railway and Mission Beach residential development
Alert 1	Traverston Dam call for submissions

If you are aware of an EDO-NQ Alert for 2008 which is not listed above, and you would like a copy then please contact us.