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The Great Artesian Basin is just as important as the Great Barrier Reef and Murray Darling Basin: Lee | Queensland Country Life

A beef industry leader says the group fighting the injection of "liquified waste CO2" into the Great Artesian.

Politicians are benefitting from illegal mining – Kenneth Ashigbey

Convener of the Media Coalition against Galamsey, Kenneth Ashigbey, says the lackadaisical attitude of politicians to curb the galamsey menace is largely because they benefit from it too.

Revoke L.I 2462 - WACAM to government

Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) is calling for the revocation of the Environmental Protection Regulation, LI 2462 intensify.

Environmental Degradation: Unsustainable Smog Situation of Pakistan

Four CQ waste companies shut down and fined $32K

Premium Content Subscriber only Four Central Queensland waste companies were “thrown on the scrap heap” by the Queensland Government after each being fined more than $32,000 and ordered to cease operations. Department of Environment and Science DES inspectors conducted a statewide blitz of waste operators over three months, culminating in more than $100,000 in infringement notices being issued. A DES spokeswoman said compliance officers visited a number of Central Queensland waste companies. “The department issued four direction notices (which require activities to immediately cease) and four penalty infringement notices – totalling $32,028,” the spokeswoman said. The names of the businesses could not be provided, the spokeswoman said, as they had 28 days to appeal the infringement notices.