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11 Sep 2014:
Local business owners and politicians say the development of the port and associated coalmines can save north Queensland
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9 Sep 2014: Veteran wildlife presenter to film three hour-long nature documentaries for BBC1 to be broadcast next year
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9 Sep 2014:
Guardian Australia: Conservationists ‘waiting to see details’ of proposed land-based sediment disposal before dropping challenge to sea dumping
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8 Sep 2014: The state government has asked the federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, to fast-track approval for the plan
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6 Sep 2014: Queensland government wants sediment from Abbot Point development to be dumped on land instead, report says
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4 Sep 2014:
Report says more studies needed into impacts of dredging and calls for end to cuts to government agencies that protect reef
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2 Sep 2014: Guardian Australia: Senators will vote against Coalition’s plan to hand the states decision-making powers over development projects
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2 Sep 2014: Developers are set to submit a new proposal in which dredged sediment is disposed of on land rather than at sea
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27 Aug 2014:
Australian MP George Christensen writes open letter, saying he has started looking at options to dump dredging spoil on land
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20 Aug 2014: Australia’s environment protection system is called ‘broken’ over reports of concessions on conditions and payments
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18 Aug 2014: <strong> Guardian Australia: </strong> Scientists were opposed to dumping millions of tonnes of dredged sediment but they were overruled
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14 Aug 2014:
Queensland ticks off Adani’s plan to build the 300km line linking the Carmichael Galilee Basin mine to the Abbot Point terminal
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14 Aug 2014: Australia’s environment minister says the reef’s health has ‘some real negatives’ following the release of a new report
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12 Aug 2014: Warmer ocean currents will have far-reaching consequences for decades to come, study says
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5 Aug 2014:
See how Queensland’s booming coal industry is resulting in port expansions that may exacerbate existing threats to reef health
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