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What the Precautionary Principle really means…..

Noosa North Shore President Nick Hluszko reasons that the Precautionary Principle espoused by Cr Brian Stockwell could land Noosa Council in hot water should the scientific qualifications of ‘Fresh Advisory’ was found to be unable to provide a scientific, research-based paper for the ’Noosa Fishing Futures’ strategy.

We can’t understand our river without good data. We don’t have...

I wrote recently about the need not to react with alarm to scaremongering about the claimed poor state of Noosa River's biodiversity from NBRF...

Chicken Little – but wait, the sky is not falling on...

Chicken Little, the sky is falling! But is it really? Nick Hluszko digs deeper to find the story behind Noosa River's biodiversity troubles and concludes that the sky may not fall just yet.

The continually changing Noosa River

Noosa North Shore President Nick Hluszko ponders the ever changing Noosa River and why yabbies have taken up residence in their millions in areas where sea grasses once were.

$2.4M (and counting) fish project is poorly-defined & risks ratepayers’ funds

Someone asked me recently why I am so interested in this subject of oyster reefs and "bringing back the fish". Right from the very beginning...

Oyster Reefs in Cloudy Waters

We do not question the worth of trying to restore oyster reefs in the Noosa River, but questions need to be asked about the way the funding is being pushed through with a disregard of - and indeed at the expense of - other programs run by local organisations and council.

$1.2 million on ‘Bring back the Fish’: Final decision to come

Cr Ingrid Jackson's explains her rationale for voting against agreeing in principle to funding for the Bring back the fish project without open and fair processes.

Crisis or not? A review & analysis of Noosa River fish...

By Nick Hluszko President, Noosa North Shore Association Inc Introduction I want to be very clear from the start. I (like most NNSA members) support most initiatives...

5 Questions for the NBRF to help deliberations

In April we had written an open letter to our mayor Tony Wellington about our concerns with regards to a renewal of a funding deed for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF). So naturally I was waiting for the deliberations to begin. Before council hands over any more public funds to the NBRF it would be great to find out a few things. These are my top 5 questions for the NBRF.

King Tonzi, Part the First: The Oyster Throne

In the Great Hall of the Pelican Palace, King Tonzi the Wunturm sits on the Oyster Throne.

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