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Friends, Previously we have had a discussion on the proper response of birding organisations to a plan to use 200 hectares of Black-breasted Button-quail habitat for a development of 6,500 people The Rainbow Shores development is on the Inskip Peninsula immediately south of Fraser Island in Queensland. The development was refused by the Gympie Regional … Read more

That’s OK Ross. I shouldn’t have attacked the OHS people I’m OK attacking lawyers and the law as I think that that are wrong and some of the lawyers are ambulance chasers and advertise the fact.. The point that I was making, ineffectively, was that there should be a balance between freedom and safety and … Read more

Isn’t it amazing that people make a living restricting the freedom of others. Once upon a time people took the reesponsibility for their own safety. Captain Cook and Mawson and my parents took risks without the benefit of the bureaucrats and others deciding what was safe. Accidents happen and we should certainly seek toprevent them … Read more

Hi A brief reply to Dr Graeme Hamilton. 1. I contacted BASQ in 2009 and requested assistance in identifying conclusively the scrapes of the BBBQ in a different area that was going to be developed. I received no reply so I did not take up Dr Hamilton’s suggestion this time. 2. Dr Hamilton, on his … Read more

Dear Friends, My wife and I are members of both Birds Australia and BOCA. We have been working for over 20 years to preserve some bush on the Inskip Peninsula immediately south of Fraser Island in Queensland. It is an area the Birds Australia list as an Important Bird Area and contains a substantial population … Read more