It’s been more than a week since the 6m whale shark was spotted about 40km upstream in the Hey River, north of Weipa. Fishers have been concerned the filter-feeding giant may die unless it makes its ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. First whale shark tagged on Great Barrier Reef Whale shark spotted near Frankland Islands Warning for fishers ...

Rio will release its environmental impact statement today, eight months after Mr Burke surprised the miner by expanding the terms of reference of the study to include the impact of shipping on the ...

The chairman of the Weipa Town Authority in far north Queensland says more housing will be built to cope with a projected population boom resulting from the expansion of Rio Tinto's bauxite operations ...

THE State Government has given approval to a massive $1.45 billion bauxite mine on Cape York that will add an extra 40 years to production in Weipa and boost Gladstone's alumina industry. The Rio ...

The Queensland government yesterday approved the $1.5 billion project, which will allow mining in the region to continue for another 40 years as the present mine at Weipa on the western side of Cape ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal government will re-assess an application by Rio Tinto for a mine expansion near the Great Barrier Reef on environmental ...

IT IS on the descent into Weipa from Cairns that offers the first sign of what makes this far north Queensland town such a unique place. The flat, dry, seemingly desolate scrub which stretches for ...

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