Michelle Maloney, Chairperson, EDO QueenslandNational Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance

Permanent Tribunal of the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth

The Great Barrier Reef

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Open cut coal mine

Coal ports• Gladstone Harbour• Previously a place of

significant beauty• Today• Fourth largest coal port in

the world• Dredging has caused toxicity

“fishing banned for 3 weeks after barramundi and bream found with sores, rashes, infected eyes” (2011)

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What’s at risk?

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