Palaszczuk Government: no new approvals on the Channel Country rivers and floodplains.

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Palaszczuk Government: no new approvals on the Channel Country rivers and floodplains.

It’s time for the Palaszczuk Government to act on their 2015 election promise to protect the Channel Country rivers and floodplains by declaring these sensitive areas no-go zones for oil and gas, large-scale irrigation, and mining.  

The Channel Country rivers are some of the last remaining free flowing desert rivers left on Earth. They support cultural connections tens of thousands of years old, one of Australia’s largest clean green beef industries and a budding tourism industry. 

Whilst the Queensland Government delays, gas giants are on the march. 

Oil and gas fracking is threatening to compromise the rivers that sustain this unique landscape with devastating consequences for the wildlife and people that rely on it.

Join local graziers, Traditional Owners and Outback communities in their fight to protect the Channel Country rivers and floodplains. The rivers and floodplains are too precious to frack!

Sign the petition urging Premier Palaszczuk to protect sensitive floodplains today.

Help Protect the Channel Country

Queensland’s Channel Country features three of the last free-flowing desert rivers on the planet. These rivers sustain wildlife, small Outback communities and a multi-million dollar beef industry

Tell your MP to protect the Channel Country’s floodplains from fracking, before it’s too late.

The Channel Country is an iconic part of the Queensland Outback.

The Channel Country is an iconic part of the Queensland Outback.

Situated in Western Queensland, the Channel Country is one of the most extraordinary and beautiful landscapes in Australia. It has a rich and diverse history, ranging from its indigenous cultures to its pastoral heritage.

The gas fracking industry could have a devastating impact on the fertile floodplains and rivers of the Channel Country. Every drilling rig will need a road, a pipeline and perhaps even a wastewater storage pond.

This will result in an industrialised landscape - threatening the nature, water, people and organic pastures the Channel Country is known for.

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Western Rivers Alliance Election Letter to the Premier September 2020
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