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Qld Government to protect Steve Irwin reserve in Cape York from mining
ABC News
20 November 2013
The Queensland Government has announced the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve and the Wenlock River in Cape York will be protected from open-cut and strip mining.
The area is the first to be named a "strategic environmental area" under the Regional Planning Interests Bill to go before Parliament today. Read more
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