Feb 2010 Are you a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations? If you have been volunteering your service to the community for 40 years or more, I would very much like to hear from you as there are two new Service Awards which recognise the contribution you have made. These new awards being introduced this year by the Department of Justice & Attorney General for acknowledgement of services to the community are the Ruby Award for 40 years of service and the Diamond Award for 60 years. Please contact my office and we will organise this for you. | | VIDEO LINKS: | Concerns about the Mandatory Sustainability Declaration form? In yet another example of policy meltdown, the Labor Government’s form has already been amended with further question marks over the final lay-out. Click here to view my media release on this issue, click here to view my speech made in Parliament recently and here to see the revised document.
An online petition has been launched to request that the Government withdraw the Sustainability
Declaration from legislation - you can access the ePetition by clicking here | | | TRAVESTON DAM NOT GOING AHEAD! |
DAM’NED GOOD DECISION
Member for Noosa Glen Elmes congratulated the Federal Minister for the Environment for making the right decision about the Traveston Crossing Dam, which will now not proceed.
“It is the right decision for the entire Mary Valley – right for both residents and endangered species and right for the environment and food security” said Glen Elmes
“This is a great win for Peter Garrett because it shows that he can make a decision based on science and not political opportunism. It is his first substantial decision in favour of the environment, and especially in favour of the Mary Valley.
“It’s also a win for the Queensland government because, thanks to their fiscal failures, they will not have to add to the current deficit by building a dam which was unaffordable in the first place.
“And yet - perhaps fittingly on this day of remembrance – let’s also not forget the significant trauma caused by Labor in it’s callous attitude and treatment of the communities in the Mary Valley – we will remember this tragedy of people put through years of torment for a long time”, said Glen Elmes.
I am asking for community views and comments on the current management of Fraser Island. If you would like to provide your viewpoint you can do this in one of two ways:
1. Formally - by downloading the LNP's Discussion Paper on the Management of Fraser Island and providing comments against the criteria listed; OR
2. Informally - by sending me an email with your comments - you can access the online comment form by clicking here
Click here to view & download the full document
There is a lot of information about the Fraser Island Dingoes on the Humane Society International's website - click here to access the web link and enter FI Dingoes in the search box.
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Above: Glen in the Cainrs 4CA studio with talk show host John MacKenzie and Cairns
resident Wendy Richardson during Glen's recent trip to Cairns and regions.
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Glen and the Noosa contingent of Koala Supporters on their way to the recent Koala Rally in
Brisbane on National Koala Day.
| HAVE YOUR SAY - North Shore's Cooloola Regulatory Impact Statement: Click here to find out more and contribute your opinion.
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LOW IMPACT LIVING
Bioplastics - plastic from corn? Read all about it here Our local environment organisation, Sunshine Coast Environment Council, puts out a great newsletter - click here to read the latest one
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