EDO-NQ 2009 Newsletters

In 2009 EDONQ relaunched the monthly newsletter focussing on current matters of public interest environmental law and how they affect the community in north Queensland.

Newsletters

December 2009 edition features:

• Draft Queensland Coastal Plan 2009
• Indigenous Cultural Heritage - Factsheets and Law Reform
• Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Act 2009

October 2009 edition features:

• new laws for Clearing Regrowth Vegetation
• Draft State Coastal Plan open for comment
• Farewell to Adam Millar, Principal Solicitor & Coordinator
• Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) and State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) Factsheets

September 2009 edition features:

• False Cape special exemption removed from CairnsPlan
• Right to Information Factsheets available
• AGM Notice

August 2009 edition features:

• False Cape approval suspended for another year
• New factsheets on Right to Information Act (Qld)
• Law Reform - Cassowaries and Biodiscovery
• Come along to the EDO-NQ AGM
• Sustainable Planning Bill debated
• Opportunities for Law Students

July 2009 edition features:

• How will the Right to Information Act 2009 affect environmental groups?
• Tell us how the Biodiscovery Act 2004 can be improved
• Update on Paradise Dam litigation
• Opportunities for law students

June 2009 edition features:

• How to make a submission on a significant project
• EDOs' opinions on the new planning bill
• Thank you  to Naomi
• EDOs' comments on the new draft bilateral agreement

May 2009 edition features:

• Port Hinchinbrook - sea-dumping application refused
• False Cape - DEWHA refuses to release audit report
• Upcoming new planning legislation
• help for landowners interest in private conservation

If you would like to become a member of EDO-NQ (and receive email copies of our Bulletin and Alerts as well) then please contact us or go to our Members page.