A crowd of campaigners and campaign supporters gathered at the Kandanga pub on Thursday night to celebrate a major hurdle in the fight against the Traveston Crossing Dam - responding to the EIS.
The deadline for submissions to the Coordinator-General was Monday (January 14) and a fantastic effort was made by all. A total of more than 16,000 submissions were made from people all over the south-east Queensland.
On the Fraser Coast the Greater Mary Association (GMA), with the help of an army of volunteers, organised the signing of around 10,000, mainly short submissions, along with hundreds of letters to Andrew Macnamara (Member for Hervey Bay), Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett and Federal Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong.
"The farcical and flawed Environmental Impact Statement contemptuously dismissed any impacts downstream of the proposed dam," said the Chairman of the GMA, Darryl Stewart. "This response sends a clear message to the State Government that their jackboot approach will not be tolerated.
"The farcical and flawed Environmental Impact Statement contemptuously dismissed any impacts downstream of the proposed dam," said the Chairman of the GMA, Darryl Stewart. "This response sends a clear message to the State Government that their jackboot approach will not be tolerated.
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