How can we save Straddie? Why the current proposal is fatally flawed
The areas of North Stradbroke Island being mined now and those under threat of mining are all within the boundaries […]
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National park – not mining!
In 1990, the Goss Labor Government considered it appropriate that at least 50 per cent of North Stradbroke Island be […]
Read moreSaveStraddie.com
The new savestraddie.com flyer. Bumped off… The Save Straddie bumper sticker caused a bit of talk on the island during […]
Read moreFOSI report on Logan basin water resource plan draft amendment
In July 2007, the Minister for Natural Resources and Water (now Department of Environment and Resource Management, DERM) started the […]
Read moreIsland koalas in the limelight
Protecting south-east Queensland’s dwindling koala population is becoming a hot topic. The issue has featured heavily in the media recently. […]
Read moreUnimin faces court on illegal mining charges
Investigations have revealed an alleged multi-million dollar sand mining scam orchestrated by Island sand mining company Unimin Australia Ltd. Unimin […]
Read moreFine music festival will be back on the island soon!
After its first successful seasons in 2007 and 2008, the Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival is back this year, bigger and […]
Read moreWhy we should save Straddie
North Stradbroke Island (NSI) is the only sand island off the south-east coast of Queensland not protected against the environmental […]
Read moreE-mail to Premier with Save Straddie message
Save Straddie email blast campaign. Thank you to all FOSI members who forwarded the e-mail flyer shown above, otherwise known […]
Read moreMiners brush off concerns
In one of its recent publications Unimin subsidiary CRL suggested the anti-sand mining position adopted by FOSI and other groups […]
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