Submission Deadline Extended!

Some great news for those campaigners and supporters frantically trying to complete a response to the Government's 1600 page Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a section thereof ... the deadline for submissions has been extended to January 14!

According to a public notice released yesterday, "a number of discrepencies" had been identified in the report, so the Co-ordinator General granted the extension. An addendum has been produced and a copy will be circulated to those interested as it comes to hand.

So folks, we now have an additional six weeks or so to gather more evidence of the flaws in this ludicrous proposal! Fantastic news.

Please don't hesitate to contact us for help or more information.

Stall at Nikenbah Markets

Trevor the Mary River Turtle helped out on our campaign stall at the Nikenbah Markets (Hervey Bay) last weekend. Although some children - even some adults - find him a bit scary from time to time, overall he is a big hit wherever he goes and is no doubt developing a bit of a fan club along the way.

The stall itself was one of numerous being held at markets throughout the region as part of the campaign initiative to not only raise awareness about the dam, but also gather public submissions against the EIS.

'Needle' submissions - i.e. small, one-pagers - commenting on various aspects of the EIS have been prepared by the campaign and presented to people for signing. It is hoped the thousands of submissions collected will send a message loud and clear to the Government that Fraser Coast residents and visitors alike don't want a dam on the Mary River.

Fraser Coast Campaign Group Formed!

After the public meeting at the Neighbourhood Centre in Maryborough on October 31, finally a new campaign group has been formed on the Fraser Coast - The Greater Mary Association(GMA). Although the longterm wellbeing of the Mary River and Sandy Strait will be of concern to the group in the future, currently it's key aim will be to galvanise the efforts of anti-dam campaigners across the region, with the aim of focusing on downstream issues, in particular, the impacts of the dam on the Mary River estuary.

At the meeting, GMA executive members were elected (Darryl Stewart, John Kingston, Tanzi Smith, Elisabeth Berry, Alan Bray, Gilbert Allison, Cliff Greenhalgh) and numerous residents from Maryborough Hervey Bay, Tiaro and beyond were lining up to join and offer their support to the campaign.

Fingers crossed that the intentions and goals of this new association will be achieved!