Tag: Daintree

“While the purchase price is significantly higher than the independent valuation of about $800,000, Councillors and I decided we were not willing to sacrifice the livelihoods of local business owners and residents.”

What is happening to our election promises?

What about the Council pledge to ‘Do It In Douglas’?

❝I have no regrets in proceeding with to have finally brought this continuing ferry-bridge fiasco to the forefront of this community❞

Patty Mills, Ziggy Alberts and Camilla Franks are among the list of global stars creating rare artworks to save the Daintree.

The Morrison Government is backing the construction of a renewable energy microgrid in the Daintree community to shore up the supply of reliable and affordable energy for locals, reduce emissions, and create jobs.

“We don’t know if this is a fossil-fuelled system, we don’t know how it will be distributed, we don’t know who will own the system, or pay for the power generated – will it connect to the national grid?”

Is a bridge still on the agenda? Is Council going to buy the ferry and operate it? What are they going to do about the traffic queues? How much is all this going to cost the ratepayer?

❝If it is to avoid being landed with no ferry at all post June 30, Council will have to buy, hire or contract a ferry or service in the next few weeks. ❞

THE World Heritage Listed Wet Tropics of Queensland are one of 19 Australian iconic ecosystems under threat. Dangers to the ecosystem include “habitat fragmentation, fringe livestock grazing, increased urbanisation, more frequent and severe fires and invasive plants and animals. Climate change poses perhaps the greatest threat overall…”

Douglas Shire Council has put out a tender for an interim Daintree River ferry service The interim service is potentially a five year contract Does…