QLD: Traveston Dam environmental statement released

AAP General News (Australia);  October 18, 2007 ;     337 words ......decision to put a dam on the Mary River north of Brisbane...Traveston Crossing Dam is proposed to be built on the Mary River, near Gympie. Local landholders oppose the dam believing the fertile...the Mary River cod, Mary River turtle and ...

Qld: Marathon kayaker to protest against Traveston dam

AAP General News (Australia);  April 10, 2008 ;     271 words ......protest against Traveston dam By Jessica Marszalek BRISBANE...the waters of Queensland's Mary River to protest against the building...controversial Traveston Crossing Dam. Kayaker Steve Posselt today...paddle from Brisbane up the Mary River to Hervey Bay before taking...environmental ...

Qld: Climate torch to publicise fight against dam

AAP General News (Australia);  August 15, 2008 ;     386 words ......controversial Traveston Dam in southeast Queensland...the $1.7 billion dam to be built on the Mary River near Gympie will...from algae in the dam. Today, lobby group...the length of the Mary River from its source...of the Save the Mary River coordinating ...

Qld: Less land needed for Mary River dam, treasurer says

AAP General News (Australia);  October 31, 2006 ;     314 words ......10-31-2006 Qld: Less land needed for Mary River dam, treasurer says BRISBANE, Oct...Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary River in the state's south-east will...Gympie it has chosen for the dam, with former Labor MP Cate...area of land needed for the dam had fallen from ...

QLD: Kayaker starts journey to protest Traveston Dam

AAP General News (Australia);  April 12, 2008 ;     263 words ......Traveston Crossing Dam. A crowd of onlookers...paddling up the Mary River to Hervey Bay before...proposed building the dam on the Mary River, near Gympie, to...aquatic species in the Mary River, and by farmers...I don't want the dam and a lot of people...

Queensland's dam strategy raises bigger questions.(Traveston Crossing Dam...

Ecos;  October 1, 2006 ;   Pyper, Wendy;   787 words ......presentation on the Mary River Water Resource Strategy...no mention of the dam,' he recalls. 'Two...announced that the dam would be constructed.' The Save the Mary River Coordinating Group...Sunshine Coast and Mary River Valley, and that the Traveston Crossing ...

Qld: Traveston Dam environmental statement released

AAP General News (Australia);  October 18, 2007 ;     155 words ......10-18-2007 Qld: Traveston Dam environmental statement released...plans to build a controversial dam north of Brisbane. The state...dollar Traveston Crossing Dam .. proposed for the Mary River .. near Gympie. Local landholders are opposed to the dam .. believing fertile ...

Qld: Fish face extinction if dam goes ahead: report

AAP General News (Australia);  August 16, 2007 ;     673 words ......concerns were expressed that the alluvial floor of the dam would result in high levels of seepage," he told parliament...the catchment and the existing fault lines under the dam. "The evidence that I've received from engineers says - in their words - this dam will leak like a sieve." Senator Heffernan ...

Qld: Bligh booed at dam meeting

AAP General News (Australia);  November 3, 2006 ;     310 words ......Bligh and began chanting "no dam" as she started to speak. One...first stage of the $1.7 billion dam is due to be completed by 2011...out the final details of the dam site, which will require the...many locals still believe the dam should not go ahead and say...worst drought on record. The ...

FED: Qld senator says dam should be relocated

AAP General News (Australia);  February 8, 2007 ;     194 words ......02-08-2007 FED: Qld senator says dam should be relocated CANBERRA...Queensland government's Traveston Dam proposal, near Gympie, north...and should be relocated. The dam on the Mary River, 160km north of Brisbane is...can be produced by a larger dam that is better designed. ...

QLD: Traveston Dam to have centre for threatened species

AAP General News (Australia);  October 10, 2007 ;     405 words ......10-10-2007 QLD: Traveston Dam to have centre for...site of a proposed dam. Ms Bligh today announced...Traveston Crossing Dam project to build...dedicated to the Mary River Cod, Mary River Turtle...not to make the dam more popular with...about making the Mary ...

Qld: Dam plans to go under federal assessment

AAP General News (Australia);  November 29, 2006 ;     269 words ......Australia) 11-29-2006 Qld: Dam plans to go under federal assessment...controversial Traveston Crossing Dam in south-east Queensland will...project, to be built on the Mary River near Gympie, is crucial because...looming water shortage. But the dam's first stage, due for completion...rare ...

Qld: Traveston dam not 'necessary or desirable': report

AAP General News (Australia);  February 23, 2007 ;     370 words ......Queensland released today warned the dam would not ease the impact of...future supply. It warned the dam proposal represented a "high...today, was commissioned by the Mary River Council of Mayors, which was...year in an attempt to stop the dam. It is the work of seven leading...at Traveston ...

Qld: Report clears way for Traveston Dam

AAP General News (Australia);  October 18, 2007 ;     213 words ......Report clears way for Traveston Dam Premier ANNA BLIGH says an...controversial Traveston Crossing Dam provides a rock solid case...environmental impact statement for the dam on the Mary River near Gympie .. north of Brisbane...parliament today. It notes the dam would impact on rare ...

Qld: Traveston Crossing Dam viable in the 1970s, 80s: Beattie

AAP General News (Australia);  September 6, 2007 ;     302 words ......and 1980 that indicate a dam on the Mary River could solve flooding in...back in 1977 and 1980, a dam on the Mary River south of Gympie was seen...there was water in the Mary River area. "It is the worst of all dam sites," Mr Seeney told...