By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environmental Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has confirmed an estimated 29 % of shallow water corals died from
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser National Council of Women Australia (NCWA) Conference (11-13October): At the Conference, members voted unanimously for the following two Resolutions which relate to the Environment:-
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): In response to widespread reports of minor bleaching of coral and forecasts by the Bureau of Meteorology and
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Currently, around a quarter of consumers entitled to Compensation as a result of bad advice on investments, life insurance and superannuation have
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Clearing land for palm oil plantations has resulted in mass de-afforestation, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, where more than 80% of the world’s
By Jennifer Ann DAVIES NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser …No writer can reproduce the actual TEXTURE of living life… E.L. Doctorow …Many, however, continue to weave informative, connecting threads…
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environmental Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): Since my July report, Outlook Report 2014 and strategic assessments for the Great Barrier Reef Region and
By Pat Pepper Great Barrier Reef Ports: On 5th December 2013 the NCWQ made a submission to the Queensland Government about the Queensland Ports Strategy raising the following concerns:- Expansion