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Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politics. Gideon Haigh The Guardian, Monday 23 November 2009 When south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfires in February, one image shut out all others. Nearly 200 humans might have perished, but a koala had been saved: videoed...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politics When south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfires in February, one image shut out all others. Nearly 200 humans might have perished, but a koala had been saved: videoed in a blackened landscape imbibing thirstily from...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
PETER Garrett saved several endangered species last week, but Queensland fishers have been ignoring warnings and taking vulnerable stock from closed waters.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Assessing Tasmania's plan to build a tourist road through one of Australia's premier wilderness areas is Environment Minister Peter Garrett's next challenge.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Assessing Tasmania's plan to build a tourist road through one of Australia's premier wilderness areas is Environment Minister Peter Garrett's next challenge.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
AFTER a big night of celebrations, Mary Valley residents still have 10 days to wait before federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett's decision to stop the controversial Traveston Crossing Dam is set in stone.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
AFTER an eerie few moments of silence among dam protesters and supporters at the Kandanga Hotel, pandemonium erupted as Peter Garrett said "no".
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Peter Garrett yesterday opposes the construction of a dam which would have served southeast's Queensland growing needs.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Australia on Wednesday rejected plans to build a massive new dam, despite pleas it is needed to provide water to residents, because of its feared impact on endangered fish and turtles. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the 1.8 billion dollar (1.7 billion US) Traveston Crossing Dam, in Queensland state, would have had an irreversible impact on Australian Lungfish, the Mary River Turtle and Mary...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
THE controversial $1.8 billion Traveston Dam will not go ahead, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has announced.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
PETER Garrett says no to a $1.8m dam, that Premier Anna Bligh called "absolutely critical''.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
BREAKING NEWS: THE controversial $1.8 billion Traveston Dam will not go ahead, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has announced.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett will announce the government's decision on Queensland's controversial Traveston Crossing Dam on Wednesday afternoon.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
PETER Garrett is expected to reveal the fate of the Traveston Crossing Dam tomorrow and end a three-year waiting game for anguished Mary Valley residents.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
ENVIRONMENT Minister Peter Garrett will unveil his preliminary verdict on Traveston Dam within days, promising to consider public opinion.