Toondah: The Art of Conservation Exhibition celebrates many artists’ contributions to the successful Save Toondah community campaign. An extraordinary collection of artworks created during the 10-year campaign to save Toondah Harbour will come together for the first time, as the community celebrates the creativity and determination that helped save the internationally significant Ramsar wetlands from
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The State Government has been consulting about a concept design for upgrading the Dunwich (Gumpi) ferry terminal. Redlands2030 is making a submissions as shown below. Redlands2030 submissions about Dunwich (Gumpi) ferry terminal upgrade Introduction Redlands2030 supports an upgrade to ferry terminal facilities at Dunwich (Gumpi) but we have some concerns about the proposed concept design
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The recent decision by the Queensland Country Press Association (QCPA) to select the Redland Bayside News and its article When Four Decide for Thousands (17 December 2025) as “Best Single Story by an Individual Journalist” warrants serious scrutiny when measured against the core obligations of journalism: truth, fairness, public interest, balance, and accountability. The Queensland
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Twenty years ago, Redland City Council had a hankering for Toondah Harbour to be improved in a big, exciting, and money-making way. Ernst & Young’s real estate advisory group was engaged in March 2006 to advise on improving Toondah Harbour’s amenity, facilities and infrastructure while “contributing economic benefit to the area”. Over the next 18
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At the Redlands Town Hall meeting on Monday 18 May 2026 our guest speaker will be Cr Paul Bishop (Division 10). Cr Paul Bishop will provide an overview of his Council Portfolio of Arts, Culture and Heritage. Toondah Harbour Following Walker Group’s decision to withdraw as the development partner for Toondah Harbour, Redlands2030 would like
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Local politicians have a long history of pushing for development at Toondah Harbour in Cleveland. Initially, the locals wanted the State Government’s help (and funding) to get a boat harbour developed. In 1937 the Courier Mail reported on comments from Cleveland Shire Chairman G.J. Walter and the Federal MP for Moreton Josiah Francis. The story
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The demise of the planned Toondah Harbour development and Redland City Council’s support for bull riding are discussed in letters to the Editor. Also, a letter from Redlands2030 president Steve MacDonald. Letters pages are where a publication’s conversation with its readers truly comes alive. They offer a space for diverse voices, sharp opinions, and lived
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On this day ten years ago the Federal Government published an invitation for the public to comment on plans for development at Toondah Harbour which had been referred by developer Walker Group for consideration under Australia’s national environment laws known as the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 but generally abbreviated to the EPBC
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Redland City Council’s heavy handed treatment of a local resident who persisted in questioning a new fee for paper rates notices prompts two letters to the Editor. Other letters discuss water fluoridation, G.J. Walter Park, and Federal Parliamentarian Barnaby Joyce. Redlands2030 publishes letters to the Editor regularly. Email your letter to theeditor@redlands2030.net Paper rates notices
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Redlands2030 recently invited Cr McKenzie to speak at the Redlands Town Hall meeting in November about the Council’s process for developing a new City Plan. We invited Cr Mckenzie to do this, because she’s the elected official with responsibility for the portfolio which includes planning matters. Cr McKenzie replied promptly with a three-page letter declining
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