Irwins face cut to nature reserve
Andrew Fraser & Sarah Elks; 16/5/08
The Queensland Government will tell the family of Steve Irwin they must excise an area claimed for mining on Cape York from a nature refuge it is planning for the area. The Irwin family was last year given $6.25 million by the Howard government to buy a 135,000ha property on Cape York that was to be converted into a nature reserve. Mining company Cape Alumina claims to have an exploration permit over parts of the property that allows it to explore for bauxite. Earlier this week, Steve Irwin’s widow Terri launched an online petition to save “Steve’s Place” and said the ecological integrity of the property was under threat from mining.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23706675-2702,00.html
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