Major win for conservation groups on North Stradbroke Island against sand mining

[Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court decision referred to in the Media Release below does not relate to nor does it directly affect attempts by indigenous and environmental groups to stop construction sand being stolen by Unimin from the Vance Mine referred to in Quandamooka land claim frustrated by 16 years of unlawful sand mining ]

MEDIA RELEASE STRADBROKE ISLAND MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION 23.7.2010

A mining company’s plans to truck construction sand off North Stradbroke Island for a hundred years is in tatters today.… Go to Article