Newsletter Issue 76
Friends of Stradbroke Island Issue #76 – April 2017 In this issue Minjerribah’s Wild Places Rehabilitation Obligations Not Being Enforced […]
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Newsletter Issue 71
FOSI Newsletter, Issue #71 – April 2015 “The sands of North Stradbroke Island have long been a political battlefield. Once […]
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Images of life on Straddie
Purple flag native iris in bloom Native sarsaparilla (Hardenbergia violacea) Grass trees in bloom to the delight of honey bees […]
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Campbell Newman is in quicksand over mining on Stradbroke
Cartoon from Koori Mail 18 June 2014 North Stradbroke, affectionately known as “Straddie” by most South-east Queenslanders, is the world’s […]
Read moreCampbell Newman is in quicksand over mining on Stradbroke
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/10/campbell-newman-is-in-quicksand-over-mining-on-stradbroke North Stradbroke, affectionately known as “Straddie” by most South-east Queenslanders, is the world’s second largest sand island. It’s a […]
Read moreSibelco breaches bushfire prevention undertakings
The serious risks to human life, property and to flora and fauna associated with out of control bushfires on North […]
Read moreFOSI submission on lease notifications and objections
Below is the text of the FOSI submission dated 28 March 2014 to Department of Natural Resources & Mines. Proposal […]
Read moreSand mining extension is no certainty
This is the unedited version of an article published in the latest Stradbroke Island News.Contrary to the misleading claims by […]
Read moreStop Press! Final prosecution hearing date set – 22 August, 2014
After an unprecedented 5 year long criminal trial, the prosecution of Sibelco for illegal removal of island non-mineral sand is […]
Read more‘Hollow Promises’
The following article by Sue Ellen Carew, FOSI President was published in the Stradbroke Island News – Summer 2012 Sand […]
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