Hinchinbrook Campaign

This October marked the 30 year anniversary of protecting the Hinchinbrook Channel. Many regional conservation councils like NQCC as well as national groups will remember this campaign well. Dredging of the Port Hinchinbrook Channel continues to this day, threatening the habitat of Dugongs and other precious wildlife.

Therefore, the next three stories from our NQCC 50 anniversary project focus on the campaign against Keith Williams' efforts to build a resort at Port Hinchinbrook.

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Living with Climate Change in North Queensland

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Over the past four months, NQCC sat with members of the community to talk about personal experiences with weather extremes in North Queensland. We learned a lot about the diversity of impacts, people's future worries, but also about our great potential to increase local resilience.

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Paperbark October 2024

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This week, Queenslanders decide who will lead our state for the next four years. Thanks to QCC's election survey and scorecard, we know where the parties stand on environmental issues. This election, we risk losing a lot of things we've fought so hard for in recent years, including ambition for climate action and environmental protection. 

The fewer environmental champions there are in government, the more that are needed in the community - and that's where we come in. 

NQCC is staunchly independent, non-partisan and committed to our mission, our values and our community. With your support, we'll only get stronger.

Become a membermake a donation or read on for opportunities to get involved. Together, we'll continue to be a strong voice for the environment in North Queensland and protect the irreplaceable natural values of our beautiful region.

This Sunday, I'll be heading to Aotearoa for a few weeks to reset and recharge with some long hikes and cold weather. Please take good care, and reach out to Luna to support her great work in my absence.

- Crystal, NQCC Coordinator

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Behind 'Paperbark': Margaret's road to conservation

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Have you ever wondered how we came up with the name 'Paperbark' for our beloved newsletter? As you might know NQCC turns 50 this year. We have such a rich history of community activism, bold campaigns, and of course great outcomes for nature. Being focused on positive changes for the environment, it sometimes happens that we forget about the people behind the actions. It is however important to honour them and to take their learnings into the next chapter of NQCC.

This is the story of Margaret, who gave our newsletter its unique name. 

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Rising Up Screening & Panel

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Last Friday night Townsville's changemakers came together for a hopeful and uplifting evening. NQCC had the great opportunity to host a screening of 'Rising Up', produced by ocean advocate, Take 3 for the Sea ambassador and Plastic Free Cronulla founder, Kal Glanznig. This new documentary investigates the impacts of the climate crisis and plastic pollution on different communties, and showcased the voices of young leaders who are creating much needed change here in Australia and on the Pacific Islands. 

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Activism from Magnetic Island (Yunbenun)

Here is our next installment of stories from our NQCC 50 anniversary project.

Charlie McColl and Andy Frost are two long-time activists who live on Magnetic Island. Charlie's first story covers his involvement in the Group Action to Stop Pollution (GASP) group at JCU in the early 70s and the Flock to Florence community event in the 1980s. 
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Townsville Community Election Assembly

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Last Thursday night, NQCC was one of 16 civil society organisations who participated in the Townsville Community Election Assembly at Kirwan Uniting Church. 163 attendees included people of faith, community centre leaders, environmentalists, unionists, human rights advocates, housing providers and multicultural community leaders, acting together for the common good.

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EPA Commitment Welcomed

Breaking: Qld Government commits to introducing an EPA

The Queensland Conservation Council has welcomed Labor’s commitment to introduce an independent environmental protection agency (EPA), calling for a bipartisan approach to ensure environmental criminals are held to account.

The announcement comes following a lengthy campaign by a number of environment and community groups and regional conservation councils across the state and also nationally, as well as peak environment group QCC.

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Water Quality Improvement Plan Submission

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The Great Barrier Reef is renowned for its ecological importance and beauty. However, it is under increasing threat from a range of pressures including climate change, poor water quality from Reef catchments, extreme weather events and recent extensive coral bleaching.

The Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017–2022 is a joint commitment of the Australian and Queensland governments that seeks to improve the quality of water flowing from Reef catchments to the Great Barrier Reef.

In October 2024, NQCC provided feedback to this plan.

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Ben Lomond Campaign

This year NQCC celebrates its 50th birthday. As an anniversary project, we have collected stories from people who have been involved in environmental activism in North Queensland in the past 50 years. These will be released, several stories at a time over the next six weeks.

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