A clash between protesters and the Queensland State Government over the future of the s0-called Gympie Pyramid site has been avoided today, with work at the section of the $1 billion Section D of the Cooroy to Curra Bypass on pause until a ruling is handed down on an Indigenous claim for cultural protection under Federal law. Protesters fighting to stop the destruction of the site, also called Djaki Kundu, issued a call-out for support on social media on Sunday night saying they had not yet been given word the site would remain untouched on Monday, May 10. We hope that DTMR are leaving their decision until the last minute just to annoy us, however we can t be sure they are not intending to move in with their bulldozers, a post on the Kabi Dreaming Facebook page said.
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Subscriber only WHEN it comes to the light rail, it s a clear case of the desperate and dateless. It s obvious there will never be a love match at the end of this tunnel … pro and anti campaigners are still spitting vitriol online and political parties are pitching their pennants on whichever side of the tracks appears more popular. But what we so desperately need right now are community leaders committed to telling the objective truth. Because right now, both sides - at all levels - are falling woefully short. Let s start with the man in charge, State Transport Minister Mark Bailey - who has been challenged by Burleigh MP Michael Hart to hold a community forum with himself and area city councillor Daphne McDonald by May 31.
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Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson dismissed claims the council s work on creating a mass transit solution would make matters worse. He said in her 28 years as the Maroochydore MP Ms Simpson had not delivered a public transport plan for her electorate, or the region. Mayor Mark Jamieson said Maroochydore MP Fiona Simpson should release her plan for public transport improvements. After nearly three decades as an elected member, I don t think it s too much to ask that rather than criticise, she provide us with her plan for a public transport solution - and one that offers more than duplicating the North Coast Rail Line to Nambour, Cr Jamieson said.