Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from central Brisbane,Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are used by commercial operators who provide seafood to market.
Robert James Brown is an Australian former politician,medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket,joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee Margetts to form the first group of Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election. He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2007. He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia and the first openly gay leader of an Australian political party.
Hervey Bay is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland,Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½hours' highway drive north of the state capital,Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainland and nearby K'gari. The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north,ferry access to K'gari,accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing,calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019,Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance,for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay,were the happiest in Australia. At June 2018,there were an estimated 54,674 people in Hervey Bay,having grown by an annual average of 1.31% year-on-year over the preceding five years.
Warren Errol Truss is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government. Truss served as the federal leader of the National Party of Australia between 2007 and 11 February 2016 when he announced his decision to retire and not contest the 2016 federal election. He was the member of the House of Representatives for Wide Bay from the 1990 election until his retirement in May 2016. Following the merger of the Queensland branches of the Nationals and Liberals,Truss was re-elected in 2010 for the Liberal National Party.
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical,metropolitan,political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia,with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. The area covered by South East Queensland varies,depending on the definition of the region,though it tends to include Queensland's three largest cities:the capital city Brisbane;the Gold Coast;and the Sunshine Coast. Its most common use is for political purposes,and covers 35,248 square kilometres (13,609 sq mi) and incorporates 11 local government areas,extending 240 kilometres (150 mi) from Noosa in the north to the Gold Coast and New South Wales border in the south,and 140 kilometres (87 mi) west to Toowoomba. It is the third largest urban area in Australia by population.
Environmental issues in Australia describes a number of environmental issues which affect the environment of Australia. There are a range of such issues,some of the relating to conservation in Australia while others,for example the deteriorating state of Murray-Darling Basin,have a direct and serious effect on human land use and the economy.
The Mary River is a major river system in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland,Australia. The Mary River is unique in that it flows south to north.
Hervey Bay Airport is the main airport for the city of Hervey Bay,Queensland,Australia and the Fraser Coast region which incorporates the nearby city of Maryborough.
The Australian environment ranges from virtually pristine Antarctic territory and rainforests to degraded industrial areas of major cities. Forty distinct ecoregions have been identified across the Australian mainland and islands. Central Australia has a very dry climate. The interior has a number of deserts while most of the coastal areas are populated. Northern Australia experiences tropical cyclones while much of the country is prone to periodic drought. This dry and warm environment and exposure to cyclones,makes Australia particularly vulnerable to climate change -- with some areas already experiencing increases in wildfires and fragile ecosystems.
Ronan Oliver Lee is an Irish Australian former politician and research fellow in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London. He was previously a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London's International State Crime Initiative. His research focusses on Myanmar,the Rohingya,genocide,and hate speech. He was formerly a political advisor and Labor and later Green Party member of the Queensland State Parliament. Lee represented the seat of Indooroopilly since he was first elected as a Labor Party member in 2001.
Queensland's energy policy is based on the year 2000 document called the Queensland Energy Policy:A Cleaner Energy Strategy. The Queensland Government assists energy development through the Department of Energy and Water Supply. The state is noted for its significant contribution to coal mining in Australia. The primary fuel for electricity generation in the state is coal with coal seam gas becoming a significant fuel source. Queensland has 98% of Australia's reserves of coal seam gas. An expansion of energy-intensive industries such as mining,economic growth and population growth have created increased demand for energy in Queensland.
Kate Jennifer Jones is an Australian former politician. She served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2012,and again from 2015 to 2020. Jones first represented the seat of Ashgrove until she was defeated by eventual Premier Campbell Newman at the 2012 state election. Jones retook the seat for the Labor Party at the 2015 state election. The seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election,so Jones contested and won the new seat of Cooper at that election. In the Palaszczuk Government,she was the Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development,Minister for State Development and the Minister for the Commonwealth Games.
David Bruce Dalgleish is a former Australian politician who served as the state member of Hervey Bay,a city councillor,and deputy mayor of the Fraser Coast region. Born in Epping,he was a licensed motor mechanic,welder and LPG fitter before entering politics,and owned a transport business. In 1998,he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation,representing the seat of Hervey Bay. He remained in the party until December 1999,when he and the other remaining One Nation MPs formed the City Country Alliance under the leadership of Bill Feldman. He was the Alliance spokesman for Emergency Services,Transport and Main Roads,Housing and Public Works. In 2001,he was defeated by Andrew McNamara of the Labor Party.
The economy of Queensland is the third largest economy within Australia. Queensland generated 19.5% of Australia's gross domestic product in the 2008-09 financial year. The economy is primarily built upon mining,agriculture,tourism and financial services. Queensland's main exports are coal,metals,meat and sugar.
Edward John Sorensen is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2009 to 2020.
Karen Lesley Andrews is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison government as Minister for Industry,Science and Technology from 2018 to 2021 and as Minister for Home Affairs from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and has represented the Queensland seat of McPherson since the 2010 federal election. Andrews sits as a Liberal and previously served as an assistant minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. Before entering politics she was a mechanical engineer and industrial relations consultant.
Frank McGuire is an Australian politician who represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows for the Labor Party from the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election until the 2022 Victorian state election. McGuire was a journalist,political adviser,and business consultant prior to entering politics.
Edward Lynam O'Brien is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and has represented the seat of Fairfax in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election. He sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Prior to entering politics he was a businessman and lobbyist,also serving as chairman of the Australian Republic Movement (2005–2007).
Adrian Tantari is an Australian politician,a member of the Labor Party,and was elected as the representative of Hervey Bay,Queensland,at the 2020 Queensland state election. The seat of Hervey Bay has had three Australian Labor Party,a One Nation Party and a National/Liberal National Party members since its inception. At the 2020 election,the seat was considered a "safe" seat for the Liberal National Party of Queensland,who had held the seat since 2009.
