The Latest Breaking News from QCC

Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of Mackay

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2025

Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion

Queensland has tightly restricted the construction of townhouses and apartments for decades, and that’s the way it seems set to stay

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2025

Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a meltdown, research finds

About 1,000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2025

Tired of waiting for a Queensland EPA, conservation group launches own ‘enforcement arm’

The Queensland Conservation Council says new entity will take ‘proactive actions’ to ensure state’s environmental laws are enforced

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2023

Qld to legislate commitments to renewable targets

Commitments to renewable energy targets will be legislated by the Queensland government in a decision that has been welcomed by conservationists.

AAP · Oct 24, 2023

Queensland coalmines to rival electricity sector for climate pollution by 2030, report finds

Eighteen new coal projects represent ‘carbon bomb’ that should not be approved, conservationists say

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2023

Pride month 2023 | This Tamil glossary brims with respectful terms to address the LGBTQIA+ community

Years of research by the Queer Chennai Chronicle and a team of volunteers, have gone into putting together a lucid Tamil glossary with daily-use terms to address gender, sexuality and their many layers

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023

Compensation uncertain amid coal power plant struggles

The Queensland government is being urged to take over a troubled coal-fired power plant amid uncertainty about compensation for price caps.

AAP · Mar 27, 2023

Qld land-clearing report not up to scratch

The Queensland government says a new report shows deforestation has fallen, but environmental groups says it's still happening at an alarming rate.

AAP · Dec 16, 2022

Queensland energy minister says renewable generation capacity must be tripled by 2035

Mick de Brenni flags investment in ‘mega pumped-hydroelectric dams in the mountain ranges’, distribution networks and green hydrogen

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2022