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Michelle Maloney, Chairperson, EDO Queensland National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance

The Great Barrier Reef. Michelle Maloney, Chairperson, EDO Queensland National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance Permanent Tribunal of the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth. Open cut coal mine. Coal ports. Gladstone Harbour Previously a place of significant beauty Today

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Michelle Maloney, Chairperson, EDO Queensland National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance

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  1. The Great Barrier Reef Michelle Maloney, Chairperson, EDO Queensland National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance Permanent Tribunal of the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth

  2. Open cut coal mine

  3. Coal ports • Gladstone Harbour • Previously a place of significant beauty • Today • Fourth largest coal port in the world • Dredging has caused toxicity “fishing banned for 3 weeks after barramundi and bream found with sores, rashes, infected eyes” (2011) • Headed for expansion into Fitzroy Delta and Keppel Bay ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-19/fears-industry-pollution-causing-gladstones-sick-fish/2905948

  4. Untouched delta vs. • Port Curtis/ • Gladstone

  5. What’s at risk?

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