The Cooloola Great Walk Ecotourism Project (CGWEP) Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) between the State of Queensland and the Kabi Kabi Peoples Aboriginal Corporation has been approved and registered with the Native Title...
Read MoreIn response to our advocacy regarding the need for better engagement about the Cooloola Great Walk Project and Kabi Kabi First Nations People, we have received the following from the Minister for Environment: The Queensland...
Read MoreThe Kabi Kabi Registered Native Title Claimants (Kabi Kabi RNTC) have provided the following responses in italics to questions asked (in green) to our office following a women’s gathering at Poona Lake. Where responses concern...
Read MoreWith much speculation, confusion and even misinformation regarding the Cooloola Great Walk, we continue to obtain information and update whenever new information is available. In response to questions relating to whether the...
Read MoreThe Department of Environment and Science (DES) have provided the following information in relation to the Cooloola Great Walk and the Kabi Kabi First Nations Traditional Owners Native Title Claim Group. “The State is aware that...
Read MoreIn response to ongoing advocacy from our office and residents alike, the Department of Environment and Science (DES) have proposed that two sites be relocated to alternative sites along the route. We have been advised the...
Read MoreIn response to questions and concerns raised at a Cootharaba Community Association meeting earlier in the year, the Department of Environment (DES), has provided the following responses. Issue CCA question/request Proposed...
Read MoreThe recent Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Summit at the Sunshine Coast Conference Centre, 30 years after Mabo, was one of the biggest gatherings ever of this kind. Convened in...
Read MoreWith concerns coming to our office regarding the Cooloola Great Walk Ecotourism Project (CGWEP), a project between the QLD State Government, a private company CABN and the Kabi Kabi peoples, and the many often confusing...
Read MoreIn response to queries put forward to the office, a Question Without Notice was asked of the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef regarding the ongoing environmental impacts on Cooloola Great Walk, please see...
Read MoreHaving discussed environmental concerns regarding the proposed camp sites for the Cooloola Great Walk directly with the Minister again last week, it was reiterated that the sites for the proposed camps are still undergoing...
Read MoreFurther to previous updates and following discussions between Sandy and Minister Scanlon, and also her staff, we have been advised the following: Whilst a document listing sites for cabins/safari tents was sent as part of the...
Read MoreFurther to our update on 28 July (click here) and in response to further concerns raised about the lack of consultation for the Cooloola Great Walk Ecotourism Project Proposal and requests for an outline of the process, we have...
Read MoreIn response to queries put forward to the office regarding the Cooloola Great Walk, we have contacted the office of the Minister for the Environment, who have responded with the information below: Community Consultation Between...
Read MoreIn response to inquiries, we have received an update from the office of the Minister for Tourism regarding the project. The $1.5m allocated in the budget for this financial year will go towards the project’s operating budget,...
Read MoreAs posted previously, the State Government put out tenders for 3 Eco trails across QLD and the Cooloola Great Walk was one of these. The tender process undertaken by the Department can be found at...
Read MoreThere was a site visitation with Norman, traditional owner Brian Warner, and the teams from QPWS, DES and CABN- approximate time frame for commencement is 2 years. The first of our indigenous trainees are currently at Landcare,...
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Five camp sites have been pinpointed and approved by the traditional owners. These sites are on...
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Yesterday I announced the preferred tender for the Cooloola Great Walk, on behalf of Tourism...
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NEW HALL FOR POMONA CAMPUS Last week we were thrilled to announce Noosa District State High School...
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