The government is lying about Stradbroke Island sand mining
The Brisbane Times today published an interesting article from our member Richard Carew. It has been popular with the Brisbane […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Read moreNewspaper exposes mining destruction
The Courier-Mail newspaper used dramatic aerial photographs of gaping holes in the ancient dunes to expose the devastation being caused […]
Read moreOut of sight, out of mind no more: letter writers call for end to destruction on Straddie
The Courier-Mail’s coverage of the destruction wrought by sand mining on North Stradbroke Island sparked a flurry of letter writing […]
Read moreOn the mining lease: CRL tour
Paul Vekselstein and Sue Ellen Carew attended the CRL Environmental Working Group (EWP) meeting and mine tour in August.Company spokespeople […]
Read moreFOSI President’s Report (mid 2009)
In the last year the global economic crisis together with new scientific predictions of the rapid escalation of global warming […]
Read moreCRL’s future mine plan: downsizing & job losses
Prior to its takeover by Unimin, Consolidated Rutile Ltd (CRL) announced major changes to its North Stradbroke Island sand mining […]
Read moreExpired mining leases should not be renewed
Mining leases on NSI were granted in a bygone era – Politically by a Bjelke-Petersen national party Government with very […]
Read moreCRL sand case update
In our last newsletter we reported the unanimous decision of the Redland City Council in August, 2008, to reject a […]
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