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The Big Three pathogens – HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria – cause hundreds of millions of infections annually and collectively kill more than five million people a year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The economic waste and human suffering is immense, but there is no scramble to get a vaccine or deliver treatments in the way that an eye on huge expected profits for selling a vaccine in rich developed countries is sending drug companies into a frenzy.

🎬 🎬 HOLLYWOOD is back in town! 🎬 🎬 Even in these difficult times, the Douglas Shire remains an attractive destination for the film industry….

The latest game updates from Douglas Heat Basketball Club.

Rainforest Rescue have been used to excuse egregious actions at the Langley Rd development site…and the developers can have their money back!

Douglas Shire Sustainability Group (DSSG) has received several questions from our members regarding the clearing of land at Langley Rd Port Douglas.
In response, we have done a deep dive into the history of events leading to the destruction of several large Melaleuca and other trees and the associated dislocation and probable death of several creatures housed in those trees.

🍃 Original concept gets legs again thanks to land trust purchase
🍃 Tourism industry, Traditional Owners and conservation sector to support
🍃 Douglas Shire Council yet to decide about becoming carbon neutral

REALITY CHECK /
We share an in-depth analysis of the international status of COVID-19 by our very own Dr Doug Quarry, and Professor John Oxford.

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♦︎ The Beach Casuarina or Beach She-oak is an interesting species named in homage to the cassowary’s feather

♦︎The leaf litter from its pine-like needles put out poisons that suppresses the germination of understory plants

The Daintree Coast contains some iconic and familiar landscapes, from the wet tropical rainforests to the Great Barrier Reef, and the complicated labyrinth of mangrove systems in between. What most people don’t know is that these various systems are intricately interdependent. In reality they are not separate systems at all, but three parts of a fantastically complex whole.

“After Monday’s Special Council Meeting, Douglas Shire Council released a statement regarding the Council decision to sell Lot 83, Cape Tribulation Road. The statement contains misleading information.”