Category: EDITOR’S PICKS
OCEAN CONSERVATION / The Great Reef Census Needs Five Minutes of Your Time Today
DOUGLASNEWS.NETWORK The Great Reef Census is a world-first citizen science effort to survey the Great Barrier Reef. Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef have collected…
CREAM OF THE COMMENTARY / Your Say
A selection of this week’s most thought-provoking comments from you, our readers… In Response to “DAINTREE RIVER FERRY / Council announces tender for interim contract”…
OPINION / Fragile Democracy, Mouldy Mayonnaise & Corporate Influence
CRISPIN HULL The fragility of Australian democracy has been illustrated again in the past week with further exposure of unsatisfactory political funding rules and the…
DOUGLAS SHIRE / Rising Community Concern Over Proposed Development
DOUGLASNEWS.NETWORK A passionate community group launched in the Douglas Shire this week, with the intention of bringing greater awareness to their concerns over a proposed…
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKEND
The definitive guide to Whats’ On in the Douglas Shire this weekend.
CREAM OF THE COMMENTARY / Your Say
A selection of this week’s most thought-provoking comments. We encourage you to share your views, and to have your say! In Response to “NEW DOUGLAS…
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR / Maria Atkinson
The founder of a breast cancer support group in the Douglas Shire is our Citizen of the Year. At yesterday’s Australia Day Awards ceremony, the…
THE LIFE OF CORAL / A seething soup of sex on the reef
So the greatest sex show on Earth, for the smutty-minded and marine biologists at least, has come and gone. It was good to see some coral spawn, but … well…I guess I remember the good ol’ days. The spawn, unleashed, have ascended en masse to be concentrated into stinky pink slicks, so vast that they can be seen from space. Within these slicks is a seething soup of sex….
AGRICULTURE / A Future in the Douglas Shire?
It’s no secret that cane is struggling and that land is going out of production into hobby farms or cattle grazing. For a variety of reasons, there are few options for crop diversification for agricultural land that could be implemented, or switched to, quickly at scale. But with each additional loss of cane production, overall viability becomes more threatened.
WELCOME TO COUNTRY / New Experience Guide
Join WELCOME TO COUNTRY on a brilliant new initiative to support Indigenous communities, artists and their families to flourish, to create self-sufficiency and to recognise self determination and self-empowerment. Welcome to Country embraces the rich diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tourism experiences and products, thereby creating employment and economic opportunities.