EDONQ issues regular Alerts to provide our distribution list with information on a variety of subjects to do with public interest environmental law. Many of EDONQ’s Alerts advise of:

• recent and upcoming 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))

Recent and Upcoming Law Reform and Legal Policy Review

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

Alert 39	Coal Seam Gas Draft Water Management Policy and Protected area management planning review.
Alert 38	Queensland River & Inshore Beam Trawl and Torres Strait Prawn Fisheries export accreditation due for review.  Live import of NZ Paua application. Tourism Action Plan discussion paper.
Alert 37	Draft Queensland Planning Provisions version 3.0 open for comment.
Alert 36	Cairns' Ecomonic Futures Plan draft for comment.
Alert 34	Draft Orpheus Island National Park Management Plan
Alert 33	Commonwealth Cost Recovery under the EPBC Act 1999.
Alert 32	Sipjack Tuna Fishery export accreditation review, Review of the National Carbon Offset Standard discussion paper and Clean Energy Draft Regulations.
Alert 30	Queensland East Coast Fin Fish Fishery and National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme notices.
Alert 28	Declaration proposal for Gerogina and Diamantina Basins Wild River and Issue Paper on Climate Change Adaption for Queensland.
Alert 27	Red fox, silverfox importation environment assessment, exploration and urban living public survey, information Government response to review of EPBC Act.
Alert 26	Waste Reduction and Recycling Bill 2011 invitation to comment.
Alert 25	Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts on northern Australia's biodiversity by the five listed grasses, Draft State Planning Policy for protecting queensland's strategic cropping land, Draft Mackay South Area Management Plan notices.
Alert 24	Notice for Queensland's new Biosecurity Bill 2011; Hinchinbrook Area Island and Marine Management Plan; Queensland Reef Fin Fishe Fishery and Deep Water Fin Fish Fishery.
Alert 23	Protected Plants Conservation Plan review; Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Regionalisation Strategy; Naturally Queensland 2020 master plan; Caval Ridge Mine draft EIS; Townsville future plan and Bruce Highway Upgrade Strategy.
Alert 22	Species undergoing status review under EPBC Act and Coal Seam Gas Recycled Water Management Plan.
Alert 21	Submissions invited on the Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 and applications for Wildlife Trade open for comment.
Alert 20	Strategic cropping land policy, Management Plans, Draft Management Plans and Food for a Growing Economy Policies open for comment.
Alert 18	Southern Dry tropics Protected Areas Management Plan, Rundle Area Management Plan and Nationally listed Brigalow Belt Reptile Papers for comment.
Alert 17	Greentape Reduction discussion Paper and Draft Mackay, Issac and Whitsunday Regional Plan open for comment
Alert 15	Queensland Mines and Energy exploration permits and mining leases granted April 2011
Alert 12	Referral guidelines for northern quoll in draft Policy Statement.
Alert 11	Queensland East Coast Beche-de-mer Fishery re view and applicaiton for import of six species of borer by CSIRO Entomology.
Alert 10	Committee inquiry into Environmental impacts of conventional funeral practices and Hummock Hill Development state EIS released.
Alert 9	Queensland Mines and Energy Notices granted Feburary 2011
Alert 8	Byerwen Coal Mine declared significant project.
Alert 7	Protecting Wetlands of High Ecological Significance in GBR Catchments - Draft Planning Policy for review, Draft Terms of Reference for Balaclava Coal Island Export Terminal project.
Alert 5	Local Government Statutes for review and Recent Granted Tenures by Dept Mines and Energy.
Alert 4	Calls for comment on Management of overlapping coal and coal seam gas tenure arrangements in conjunction with the Mines and Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2011(Qld).
Alert 3	Management of overlapping coal and Coal Seam Gas tenure arrangements; Impacts of Coal Seam Gas activities on water inflows in South East Queensland Report; Changes to commercial bait netting in conservation park (yellow) zones in state marine parks; Protecting Wetlands of High Ecological Significance in Great Barrier Reef Catchments; Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985; Export of taxidermied specimens of native Australian wildlife and Export of snake venom, blood and body parts.
Alert 2	Sustainable Population Strategy Paper and a list of recently granted tenures by Queensland Dept. of Mines and Energy.
Alert 1	Draft Queensland Biodiversity Strategy for public comment.

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

EDONQ issues many Alerts, so we have only kept the most recent available on this page. If you are aware of an EDONQ Alert which is not listed above, and you would like a copy then please contact us.

Alert 41	Mt Emerald Wind Farm and Dinner Creek Culvert Upgrade referrals open for comment. Curragh West Coal Mine project deemed approval not required and Wongai Underground Coal Mine guidelines issued.
Alert 40	Referral for Abbot Point Terminal Dredging open for comment with Stormwater Return Dam referral approved with conditions.  The Alpha Coal supplementary EIS open for comment.
Alert 39	Blackwater Rail Expansion referral open for comment.  Reef Cove Resort and Carmoo subdivision approvals lapsed.
Alert 37	Referral for Abbot Point Coal Terminal 1.  the Grosvenor Coal Mine Project approved with conditions.
Alert 36	Referrals open for comment for Abbot Point coal terminal and cyclone moorings.  Georgetown waste disposal decision that approval not required.  referral date for Galilee Coal Mine Project extended to 19th December.  Teresa Coal Project draft TOR released for comment.
Alert 35	EIS for Kevin's Corner 30 million tonnes pa coal mine project and Apprval for Kuranda residential subdivision Kuranda Heights Road.
Alert 33	Yungaburra Oleander Reserve Mngmt Plan, Georgetown Waste Disposal Facility and Wondecla powerline installation referrals.
Alert 32	CopperString Project Transmission Line supplementary EIS and Galilee Coal Project Environmental Impact Study for public comment.
Alert 31	Hay Point geotechnical investigations
Alert 30	Sarina Water Recycling Facility and Bruce Hwy recommendation reports, Townsville Granite Stone Quarry approved with conditions.
Alert 29	Mackay Ooralea Urban Development project referral.
Alert 28	Project referral for Wongai Underground Coal Mine, Cooktown and Teresa Coal Mine, Bowen Basin.  False Cape Reef Cove Resort revocation of Approval.  Palm Island subdivision and outstation not requiring approval.
Alert 27	Bowen Basin to Abbot Point rail project and Newlands Coal extension approval required.
Alert 26	Cape Cleveland sand extraction and screening project referral and Moranbah rail link referral.
Alert 25	Two referrals for residential subdivisions on Palm Island  and Ravenswood Gold Mine Expansion project.
Alert 24	Guidelines for EIS on referrals for Arcturus Coal Project, Bowen Basin and Sprinsure Creek Coal Project, Blackwater issued for comment.  South of Embley Project EIS draft.
Alert 23	Referral for Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal geotechnical investigations and Hummock Hill Island Development proposal withdrawn.
Alert 22	Referrals for Blackwater to Gladstone Gas Pipeline Project; Norwich Park to Blackwater Gas Pipeline Project and Coal Seam Gas Fields in Bowen Basin.  rockingham Close development at Wongaling Beach proposal withdrawn.
Alert 20	Hummock Hill Island Development approval refused, Abbot Point referral for offshore geotechnical investigations.
Alert 19	Decision on Davies Rd, Malanda residential subdivision.  Referrals for Coral Creek Diversion, Bowen and Kuranda Heights residential subdivision.
Alert 18	Port of Townsville referral, Preliminary Documentation for Sonoma Mine and Kuranda Heights residential subdivision.  Changed conditions for Mission Beach, Boyett Road residential subdivision.
Alert 17	Newlands Coal Extension Project referral, Wongaling Residential Development approved with conditions.
Alert 16	Mt Low, Townsville commercial and residential development referral and Wongaling Beach, Rockingham Close residential development extension to time to make decision.
Alert 15	Jumrum Rainforest Estate Kuranda referral for comment and Abbot Point Stormwater Return Dam preliminary documentation released for comment.
Alert 13	Referral for Mount Luce Quarrly at Bowen
Alert 12	Referrals for Balaclava Island Geotechnical investigations, Sarum Coal Project and Innisfail Sea Borne Urban Development.  Byerwen Coal Project draft Terms of Reference.
Alert 10	Decision for assessment by EIS of Sprinsure Creek Coal Project and Arcturus Coal Project.  Abbot Point Geotechnical Investigations approval not required.  Mackay Airport withdrawn, Caval Ridge Open Cut Coal Mine Project approved with conditions and variation to conditions on Daintree to Cape Tribulation Road creek crossing.
Alert 9	Rockingham Close, Wonagling Beach notice of Final Public Env. Report
Alert 8	Referral for Townsville Offshore Powerboat Race and Explorer Drive, Mission Beach residental subdivions.  Bowen Waste Water Treatment proposal withdrawn.
Alert 7	Upgrade of Sarina/Moranbah rail system referral, new Berth 12 at Port of Townsville referral.  Decision that Wards Well Exploration Program does not require approval.
Alert 6	Carmichael Coal and Rail Project draft TOR for comment and decisions on Collinsville diversion of Coral Creek and Blackwater Coal Mine.
Alert 4	Wards Well Exploration Program referral.
Alert 3	Blackwater new multi-seam underground coal mine referral and Ingham to Tully Transmission line to be assessed by Preliminary Documentation.
Alert 2	Coral Creek diversion for open-cut pit mine referral.  Decision for Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project to be assessed under the Bilateral Agreement between Queensland and Commonwealth governments.
Alert 1	Mt Isa combined cycle gas turbine referral open for comment.

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