A selection of past news items reflecting on the role of WPSQ in protecting our environment.

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• Batty Boat Cruises are back in 2009/2010 - October 2009
• David Fleay Platypus Day - September 2009
• Find the true cause of Hendra virus, says Wildlife Queensland - August 2009
  • There is Still Much to Learn About the Hendra Virus - September 2009
• Nathan Dam on the Dawson -Yes, No, Maybe, Maybe not… - December 2009
• New D’Aguilar National Park - July 2009
• No more Rainbow Shores with Coastal Plan says WPSQ - August 2009
• Queenslanders say environment could change their vote - March 2009
  • WPSQ welcomes new minister - March 2009
• Queensland Seniors urged to leave the yabby trap at home - August 2009
• Queensland - the nation's leading landclearer - October 2009
• Quolls in Queensland - November 2005
  • Quoll network allies with WPSQ - May 2007
  • Quoll Seekers Network goes north - June 2008
  • Funding will help community live alongside quolls - December 2008
  • Grant scheme to show protected poultry keeps quolls safer - April 2009
  • Numinbah Quoll Day draws a crowd - July 2009
  • Far North Quoll Seekers win State Award - October 2009
  • Protecting Quolls in Queensland Landscapes - December 2009
• Recovery plans need your input - November 2009
  • Flying-foxes need your support – draft recovery plans are out - December 2009
• South-East Queensland Regional Plan - February 2005
  • Residents rally to save South-East Queensland environment - March 2009
  • Government contributing to koala extinction says Wildlife Queensland - June 2009
  • Caution on koalas and population in SEQ Regional Plan - July 2009
  • Bligh finally acts on the precarious koala situation in SEQ! - November 2009
• Stock Routes Update - September 2009
  • Stock Routes Update - November 2009
• Super Quarry downed by local opposition - March 2009
  • End of Super Quarry - Redlands Community wins! - October 2009
• Treasure our quolls 'adoption' scheme - August 2009
• Vale Ric Nattrass - September 2009
• Vegetation clearing moratorium welcomed - April 2009
• Update - Pacific Adventurer oil spill - March 2009
  • Government's oil spill reactions OK, says Wildlife Queensland - March 2009
• Vale Ric Nattrass - September 2009
• Vegetation clearing moratorium welcomed - April 2009
• Wombats better off in the wild - February 2009
• WPSQ fronts Traveston Dam Senate Inquiry - April 2007
  • Sign the petition to slow Traveston dam process - November 2007
  • Traveston EIS deadline extended - November 2007
  • Traveston Crossing Dam EIS criticised - January 2008
  • Traveston Dam postponement a reprieve for lungfish. - November 2008
  • Traveston Crossing dam is back on the agenda - September 2009
  • A Good Decision for Wildlife - Garrett rejects Traveston dam! - November 2009

• Batty Boat Cruises are back! - August 2008
• Birdbaths - Join the study - September 2008
• Brisbane North Bank Development Cancelled - September 2008
• 'Worst Weed' threatens North Australia - January 2008
  • Gamba grass declared a weed - April 2008
• Feral grass threat to native grasslands - December 2008
• Wildlife Queensland welcomes fishery review - September 2008
• Flying Foxes - the future of wildlife in the High Court - February 2006
  • Appeal Court overturns judgement: Booth vs Frippery update - March 2006
  • Death grids ordered to be removed - November 2006
  • Decision triumph - November 2007
  • Welcome ban on flying fox shooting permits - May 2008
• Give Peace a Dance: Thank You EarthDance - October 2008
• Government goes backwards on Moreton Bay protection? - May 2008
  • Moreton Bay threats to continue - September 2008
• Len Webb - Farewell and thank you - November 2008
• Inaction threatens mahogany glider - December 2008
• Make pet laws stronger and statewide for the good of our wildlife - August 2008
• New home for rare wombats - May 2008
• No recreational horse riding in National Parks - April 2008
• Do Queensland's National Parks have a future? - April 2008
  • National Reserve funding welcomed – with reservations - April 2008
• Savannah cats banned - August 2008
• Speed urged on boggomoss snail plan - March 2008
• Watch out for wildlife in storm season. - November 2008
• WAM45: Wildlife Australia's 45th anniversary. - November 2008
• WPSQ pays tribute to Brian Clouston - January 2008
• WPSQ supports feral horse control - May 2008

• 'Alps to Atherton' Coastal Wildlife Corridor - March 2007
• WPSQ releases biodiversity policy - April 2007
• Climate Change Minister praised by Wildlife Queensland - November 2007
• Environment figures little in Queensland Government budget - June 2007
• Girrimay National Park declared - September 2007
• New biosecurity agency may not be best for conservation - February 2007
• Oyster Point walls concern local groups - February 2007
• Wildlife Queensland glides into FNQ - May 2007
  • Queensland Glider Network receives funding - February 2006
• Queensland Premier Bligh’s To Do list - September 2007
• Queensland State Government's declaration of Six Wild Rivers - March 2007
• A shared vision for Cape York - May 2007
• Wacol kangaroos show we must protect our bush - May 2007
• Whiptail wallaby taken off kill list - November 2007
• WPSQ calls for wildlife survey of national parks - September 2007
• WPSQ represented on artesian basin management council - February 2007

• Bundaberg Branch lobbies for Miara NP - September 2006
• Curlew Alert - March 2005
  • Curlew management plan: call for comment - March 2006
• Grant for ‘extinct’ quoll survey - May 2006
• New Wildlife Rescue group forms - March 2006
• No plans for duck hunting plan - August 2005
  • Hunting of duck and quail banned for good - August 2006
  • Banning the shooting of duck and quail: the last step - November 2006
• Professor urges action against Mary River dam decision - July 2006
• Push for rare wallaby population boom - November 2006
• See An Inconvenient Truth with Wildlife Queensland - August 2006
• Tribute to Steve Irwin: A great loss to wildlife - September 2006
• Whitsunday Branch loses court case - July 2006
• WPSQ welcomes new environment minister- September 2006
  • WPSQ meets with new minister - September 2006

• Convicted aquaculture company commits to protect wildlife
• Fire Ants keep Firing
• Funds needed to fight Port Hinchinbrook extensions
• Have your say on Muddy Bay
• Minister steps into Daintree planning row
• Political parties asked for their green policies
  • Federal Election - Party Environmental Policies
• New Platypus Project Coordinator speaks out - November 2005
• Platypus vs Woolworths: Minister states EPA position to WPSQ - August 2005
• Bilby Brothers - The Men Who Killed the Easter Bunny - March 2002
  • QANTAS supports the Bilby Brothers - September 2002
• Support squirrel gliders: Oppose Minnippi development - October 2004
  • Squirrel gliders doomed? Council cannot halt development - February 2005
  • Get ready to lobby for Minnippi - March 2005
  • Minnippi - act now - September 2005
  • Minnippi wetlands submissions close - October 2005
• Sun aqua sea cage project refused - November 2004
• UrBAC update: Are weeds just plants in the wrong place?
• WAM Editor mourns the closure of Nature Australia magazine - December 2005
• Water Mouse (Xeromys Myoides) Project
• Wildlife Land Fund
• WPSQ announces the Urban Wildlife Forum
• WPSQ presents 'A Visual Journey with Steve Parish'
• WPSQ North Queensland Branches call for action on coastal preservation - August 2004