Demand that former protest singer and former President of the Australian Conservation Society Peter Garrett use his ministerial powers to prevent the tripling of Australia's coal exports by 2030 and prevent the destruction of Shoalwater Bay.

Why is Queensland Premier Anna Bligh threatening Shoalwater Bay, which was saved from sand mining in 1994 by vigorous community protests, with a new coal terminal?

What you can do: attend public meeting at Yeppoon Town Hall, Wednesday 30th July at 7pm. Phone 07 4938 1818.

The locally based Shoalwater Wilderness Awareness Group expresses its concerns about the harm that the proposed now coal terminal will cause to the RAMSAR wetlands in Shoalwater Bay.

See also: www.shoalwaterbay.org, www.cccqld.org.au, Capricornia Conservation Council fights expansion of Queensland coal industry, Coal port proposal another insult to Queensland's biggest wilderness region.

What you can do: attend public meeting at Yeppoon Town Hall, Wednesday 30th July at 7pm. Phone 07 4938 1818.

In a joint media release Friends of the Earth, the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia and Peace Convergence call upon the Queensland Government to abandon plans for the expansion of the coal export industry and the construction of a new port at Shoalwater Bay.