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Queensland’s protected areas expanded
Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon
The Palaszczuk Government has announced more than 4,600 hectares of land will become protected habitat for wildlife, while half-a-million dollars will be provided to dozens of property owners across the state to safeguard nature refuges.
Visiting 30 hectares of land today on the southern Gold Coast to be declared a new nature refuge, Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the move would ensure more crucial habitat for Queensland’s native wildlife with 4,400 hectares to be added to the state’s national parks, 144 hectares to nature refuges, and 82 hectares to conservation parks – equivalent to 8,500 football fields.
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LNP selects only man in five-way preselection race to replace Laming on ballot
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Federal LNP MP Andrew Laming will be replaced by the sole male candidate for preselection, Henry Pike, to contest the Queensland seat of Bowman.
Mr Pike, the Property Council director of media and communications, won a five-way LNP preselection battle on Sunday.
Federal Liberal MP Andrew Laming will quit politics after it was alleged he harassed women online.
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Dr Laming will quit politics at the next election after allegations that he harassed two women online.
The protection of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is expected to be enhanced with a barge to be built at a cost of A$5 million ($3 million), the Queensland state government announced.The 19-metre vessel, based in Townsville, is designed to .