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  • New environment laws increase flood risk

    New environment laws increase flood risk


    130509_Lokyer_wackers_bridge_jan2013Lockyer resident Diane Bruhn has produced evidence showing that clearing riverine trees increases sedimentation and increases flood risk. She said that the Queensland Government has used the recent floods as an excuse to repeal the sections of the water act controlling clearing of land in the riparian zone of Queensland’s rivers and streams.

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  • Land clearing laws passed in Queensland

    NATURAL Resources Minister Andrew Cripps has rejected claims new vegetation clearing laws will damage the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay.

    Mr Cripps last night described the claims as “alarmist rhetoric” based on inaccurate information.

    The comments were made during a debate on the wide-ranging Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, which was passed in State Parliament on Thursday night (more…)