Save Steve's Place

Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR), a wetland conservation property and tribute to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, is being threatened by strip mining.

The 135,000 ha property, in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, is home to a set of three important spring fed wetlands which provide a critical water source to threatened habitat, provide permanent flow of water to the Wenlock River, and is home to rare and vulnerable plants and wildlife.

Cape Alumina Pty Ltd has lodged mining lease applications which include approximately 12,300 ha of the Reserve.
Terri Irwin said that SIWR was an important ecological site, which needs to be preserved in order to protect Australian habitat which is in danger of severe degradation and ruin.

“The proposed area for mining on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve contains the head waters of irreplaceable waterways and unique biodiversity which will not recover after mining operations are finished,” Terri said.
“I am a realist and I understand that mining is an important industry, however we have learned over the last 50 years of bauxite mining, it is critical to set aside the most environmentally sensitive areas, such as SIWR, and consider not mining them. Responsible mining companies are already doing this as part of developing carbon credit programs,” Terri said.

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Irwin not backing down on bauxite mine

Terri Irwin says there has been strong support for her campaign against a proposed mine on Cape York Peninsula.

Resource company Cape Alumina has lodged an application to mine bauxite on a wildlife reserve which was set aside as a tribute to her late husband, Steve.

http://www.abc.net.au:80/news/stories/2008/05/13/2243680.htm

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Elders attack Irwin crusade to block mine

CAPE York indigenous leaders have strongly attacked Steve Irwin's widow, Terri, for trying to stop a mine going ahead on a 135,000ha property on Cape York that the Irwins were given last year.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23695389-5006786,00.html

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Terri’s wildlife battle in court

The fight over plans to extract bauxite from the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve moved to the Land Court yesterday, where lawyers for Terri Irwin were attempting to block a mining company’s access to the property.

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/may/16/terris-wildlife-battle-court/

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Land Court to decide Irwin reserve future

The Land Court in Brisbane has set a date to hear a resource company's application to mine part of a Cape York property which had been set aside for the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.

http://www.abc.net.au:80/news/stories/2008/05/16/2246576.htm

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Irwins face cut to nature reserve

THE Queensland Government will tell the family of Steve Irwin they must excise an area claimed for mining on Cape York from a nature refuge it is planning for the area.

The Irwin family was last year given $6.25 million by the Howard government to buy a 135,000ha property on Cape York that was to be converted into a nature reserve.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23706675-5006786,00.html

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MP joins Terri Irwin's battle against mine

Coast MP Carolyn Male has called on Brisbane-based Cape Alumina to scrap its plans to mine bauxite on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/may/17/mp-joins-te...battle-against-mine/

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Court rules miner can survey Irwin land

Resource company Cape Alumina has won the first step in a legal battle to set up a controversial bauxite mine on a Cape York wildlife reserve.

It has been allowed to conduct an environmental survey.

http://www.abc.net.au:80/news/stories/2008/05/20/2250670.htm?section=australia

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Irwin says Cape York mine study too short

Terri Irwin says a 21-day environmental study by a company proposing to mine part of the planned Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve on Cape York, in far north Queensland, is not thorough enough.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/22/2252397.htm?section=business

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Irwin to do 'whatever it takes' to save 'Steve's Place'

Terri Irwin will learn in the next fortnight whether she must allow a mining company continued access to a Cape York cattle station dedicated to her late husband.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au:80/news/queensland/irwi...9/1211654201859.html

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Australia Zoo continues the fight!

The Land Court today reserved its decision to allow Cape Alumina the right to continue the exploration and drilling of Australia Zoo’s conservation property, Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.

http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/zoo-gossip/index.php?gossip=522

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Miner doubles projection for Irwin site

THE company hoping to mine bauxite on part of a Cape York reserve dedicated to the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin has doubled its projection of the size of the mineral deposit at the site.

http://www.news.com.au:80/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23915525-5005961,00.html

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Terri Irwin loses fight to stop mining company exploration

The Land Court of Queensland has confirmed a mining company's right to explore for bauxite on a Cape York cattle property set aside for the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354573.htm?section=business

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Steve Irwin's mate vows to fight mine

Steve Irwin’s passion for wildlife conservation has spurred on his closest mate, Wes Mannion to continue expansion plans for the Zoo and fight the threat of mining in Cape York.

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/sep/05/steve-irwins-mate-vows-fight-mine/

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