what so it isn't Rudd or Gillards fault that 6$Glasson lost - well thats a start.
@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Only a fool would live in Queensland. I know because I live there:-(
spot, and yet I detect no accent.
Glasson clearly lost and he was a good candidate froth, what does that tell you about the Liberal Party?
You would never know he lost though, couldn't even admit it, how embarrassing? 
B1G: " The government's decision to allow the dredging and dumping at sea of 3 million cubic metres of seabed to accommodate a bigger coal shipping terminal at Abbot Point threatens to damage the Reef ecosystem..
What nonsense. If you do some basic research apropos the logistics of the approved site ( by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority) you would realise that the sea bed is being dredged to deepen an area for two more loading docks, and then deposited some 25Km away in deepwater, on the sea bed, in the middle of the shipping channel and some 25 km away from the Marine National Park (and nearest reef)
"It's important to note the sea floor of the approved disposal area consists of sand, silt and clay and does not contain coral reefs or seagrass beds,''
Some 3 million cubic metres of sea bed is being dredged and deposited on the seabed well away from the Reef.
When Melbourne's Port Philip Bay shipping chanel was dredged in 2009, some 22 million cubic metres of sea bed were dredged and then moved and dumped within the relatively small almost enclosed Bay area. Some 65 environmental groups opposed dredging on a myriad of mostly unscientific claims and disinformation (like here). The dredging finished, the bay is like it always has been, apart from : "Sea level change, including astronomical tide and storm surge, due to dredging will be small with low water being about 10 mm lower and 6 mm higher at high water.
I have been bobbing about in Melbournes "bay" during the hot weather recently, mainly swimming, going up the Yarra, or having a coffee in Williamstown. The bottom has not fallen out of the Bay as a result of the past dredging, the water quality is good (and cool), they make a great iced coffee in Williamstown, and the dredging operations at Abott Point will have the same effect upon the Reef as they did upon the Bay, none.
