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An essential high-tech water treatment product will soon be manufactured in Queensland for the first time through a partnership between a Townsville-based manufacturer and the Palaszczuk Government.
Treasurer and Minister for Investment Cameron Dick said Townsville industrial chemical producer Cleveland Bay Chemical Company (CBCC) will manufacture the reagent with support from the government’s $50 million Essential Goods and Supply Chain Program, removing Queensland’s reliance on products from interstate and overseas.
“A key element of Queensland’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan is the strengthening of our manufacturing capability,” the Treasurer said.
“COVID-19 has taught us the importance of sovereign manufacturing capability.
How a spectacular light show reunited towns sundered by COVID
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Long border closures last year tested the resilience of old friends Echuca and Moama, as the separation led to financial and social hardships.
This year the Murray River council hopes to help reunite the communities in the most contemporary of ways: a light art exhibition.
Artists Wayne Firebrace and Alkina Edwards look at Moama Lights in Horseshoe Lagoon.
Richard Neville, who has created spectacular light exhibitions in Sydneyâs Vivid, Canberraâs Floriade and overseas, originally aimed to light up the bridge. But on a visit to the town he had a lightbulb moment.
A vibrant new audiovisual festival will light up the Murray River next month
Words by Talia Rinaldo
Moama Lights will illuminate a 600-metre trail with an immersive light and sound installation.
Nestled on the banks of the Murray River, Echuca Moama has long been the ideal weekend getaway for families, couples and friends thanks to its scenic landscapes, paddle steamers, lively spirit, and the perk of being not too far from Melbourne to warrant a little getaway.
A prime winter destination, you’ve now got one more reason to pack the car and hit the Hume next month with a brilliant new festival set to take over the town.
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First Nations’ knowledge supercharges environment’s response to flows
The traditional water knowledge of our First Nation Peoples is helping to supercharge the long-term benefits of environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin, while helping First Nations connect more with Country.
Water for the environment is water that has been purchased by governments to be used to improve the health of our rivers, wetlands and floodplains.
Director of Aboriginal Partnerships at the MDBA, Mark Foreman said the positive impact of the collaborations on both the environment and First Nations communities were to be celebrated while recognising there was always room for improvement.