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The media unit is staffed during business hours Monday to Friday (8.30am to 5.00pm).
Email: media enquiry 
Phone: (07) 3227 8452

Media statements

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Most recent statements:

• 01/10/2009 Hook Point Road re-opens 
• 02/10/2009 Department of Defence issued with Environmental Evaluation Notice 
• 28/09/2009 Hook Point Road remains closed due to Fraser Island wildfire
• 25/09/2009 Fraser visitors urged to use caution due to wildfire near Hook Point
• 09/09/2009 Book ahead for Smalley’s Beach sites 
• 09/09/2009 Book ahead for Bunya Nation Park camping sites 
• 09/09/2009 Moreton Bay animal deaths not unusually high
• 28/08/2009 Child threatened by dingo on Fraser Island
• 25/08/2009 Fires prohibited on national parks and forests in southern Queensland 
• 21/08/2009 QPWS Equipment stolen from Millstream Falls
• 27/07/2009 Planned burn in Noosa National Park 
• 15/07/2009 Crocodile to be removed from Tully River waterhole
• 14/07/2009 Rangers set croc trap at Constant Creek near Seaforth
• 02/07/2009 QPWS rejects claims of ‘cruel and inexpert’ shooting of dingo 
• 26/06/2009 Fleays offers holiday program for environmental heroes 
• 23/06/2009 Magnetic Island community invited to fire season presentation 
• 23/06/2009 Fleays offers holiday program for environmental heroes 
• 12/06/2009 Magnetic Island planned burn going well 
• 09/06/2009 Connect with nature this winter 
• 01/06/2009 Erosion reduces camping capacity at Teewah Beach

Archived media statements

See also: Ministerial media statements 

Current issues

• Byfield Area Draft Management Plan
• New National Park in Halifax Bay
• Raine Island National Park (Scientific)
• Moreton Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan review
• No butts about it, cigarettes are litter
• Volunteers replant Tryon Island forest
• 2008 State of Waste and Recycling in Queensland
• South-East Queensland Forests Agreement
• Re-opening of Wallaman Falls and Blencoe Falls walking tracks in Girringun National Park
• SEQFA forest reserve transfers: Boyne / Burnett region
• The Electric Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) in Queensland
• Scale insect outbreak - Wilson Island, Capricornia Cays National Park

Archived issues

Last updated: 02 October 2009

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