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a. ae. ee Water South-East For Rest Beach The NSW Government is cur- Water rently battling the environment on a several fronts. Foremost is the confrontation T over the Tantawangalo and Coolangubra Oxi Cc Forests in south-east NSW. L q Residents and conservationists are fight- Sydney is finally ing to protect 100,000 hectares from clear- noticing it’sswimming in felling over the next 20 years - an ecological sewage. The Water Board disaster for these areas, some of which are and State Pollution Control among the last complete, ancient wilderness Commission (SPCC) have areas in NSW. buried various reports on An Environmental Impact Statement for toxic pollution on Sydney the Forestry Commission recommends beaches. harvesting 95% of Coolangubra and 80% of For three years fisher- Tantawangalo for woodchipping. Both for- men have been noting mal- ests are on the Interim List of the Register of formed and sick fish around the National Estate and contain areas of wil- coastal sewage outfalls. dcrness that have never had human contact. David Hyde, scientific chair- Jeff Angel of the Total Environment man of Australia’s Under- Centre estimates that up to 10 million trees water Foundation became could be destroyed in the next 15 years. alarmed last September and These south-east forests contain habitats for wrote to the SPCC reporting a multitude of small animals which don't that the physical form of develop until the forest is mature - after 80 some marine life appeared to years or more. be changing. New State Natural Resources Minister “People are being poi- lan Causley has given an unequivocal com- soned,” said a senior SPCC mitment to supply ‘timber’ to Eden’s export official in early March. “And woodchip industry (and Japanese company the problem is that [they] are being poisoned Harris Daishowa) for the next 20 years. in the long-term so they don't realise what is N 0 rth G ets The i rs happening to them.” , | Thousands of tonnes of highly toxic The hole in the ozone layer over 0 p | n Ss sewage sludge and industrial pollutants are the Antarctic spread rapidly this spring and discharged into Sydney waters by the Water summer, reaching across southern Australia S Board each year. Yet in late 1987 the NSW and New Zealand. The Antarctic hole grew to aV e 0 . the size of North America and in some places Public Works Department helped the Water ozone was depleted by 95%. Last summer the Board block new safety standards for ocean ozone over southern cities was severcly de- A young surfer survived an encoun- discharge because the new $350 million pleted -by 12% for three days over Melbourne. ter with a four metre long shark thanks to the ocean outfalls, due to open in 1992, won't By next summer the weather bureau hopes to help of a pod of dolphins. comply with them. The board also sup- be able to give satellite-generated updates on the state of the ozone layer in daily forecasts, Skin cancer ratesare already rising across Australia. US scientists believe that for every “The shark had knocked me off the board pressed one of its own reports which showed and then came back and bit me on the right that fish around Malabarcontained 122 times side,” said 17-year old schoolboy Adam the safe level of organochlorine pesticides. 1% reduction in global ozone there will be at Maguire while recovering in Lismore Hospi- Research into grease problems with the least hundreds of thousands of new cases each tal in January. He was surfing at Halftide new outfalls was never conducted. year. Up to 25% of people tested in random Beach when the shark attacked. “Jt was then regarded as purely a hydrau- surveys by the Queensland Cancer Fund in the “Tt came back for another go and I man- lic dispersion problem. I don’t think anyone south-east of the state last summer had sus- " i " pected skin cancersand melanomas. 30-40% of aged to push it off with my hand. Then the oe Ce what would happen to the people had suspected skin cancer or sunspots. dolphins started thrashing round inthe water | oils and fats,” said Terry Schulz, who is now ANASA and British Meteorological Office and they just seemed to chase the shark off. conducting the research. team recently returned from the Arctic with The dolphins definitely saved my life. Neither the board nor the SPCC even news of an ozone hole there and the European “They scemed to be chasing the shark bothered monitoring the sea off Sydney for Community has decided to ban all CFCs by the away and kept it at bay while had achance | viruses until a few months ago; their survey | ¥ on oe caput te i O-propalled rogettacktoshore”Hewashelpedtoshre_| showed tat potently dangerous vises | *'cimatualyrrshn 38 ate by two friends before collapsing. including meningitis and hepatitis are pres- alter the Montreal International Protocol, The shark left a 30cm wide gash in ent. which actually commits us to an increase in Adam’s side and aholeinhissurfboard 30cm See Biosphere This Issue global ozone by the year 2000 (see NEXUS #4). wide and 15cm deep. Wear a hat and buy some dark glasses. See Previous Issues - Reuter, AP, SMI Toxic An Environmental Impact Statement for toxic pollution on Sydney the Forestry Commission recommends beaches. harvesting 95% of Coolangubra and 80% of For three years fisher- Tantawangalo for woodchipping. Both for- men have been noting mal- ests are on the Interim List of the Register of formed and sick fish around the National Estate and contain areas of wil- coastal sewage outfalls. dcrness that have never had human contact. David Hyde, scientific chair- Jeff Angel of the Total Environment man of Australia’s Under- Centre estimates that up to 10 million trees water Foundation became could be destroyed in the next 15 years. alarmed last September and These south-east forests contain habitats for wrote to the SPCC reporting a multitude of small animals which don't that the physical form of develop until the forest is mature - after 80 some marine life appeared to years or more. be changing. New State Natural Resources Minister “People are being poi- lan Causley has given an unequivocal com- soned,” said a senior SPCC mitment to supply ‘timber’ to Eden’s export official in early March. “And woodchip industry (and Japanese company the problem is that [they] are being poisoned Harris Daishowa) for the next 20 years. in the long-term so they don't realise what is N 0 rth G ets The i rs happening to them.” , | Thousands of tonnes of highly toxic The hole in the ozone layer over 0 p | n Ss sewage sludge and industrial pollutants are the Antarctic spread rapidly this spring and discharged into Sydney waters by the Water summer, reaching across southern Australia B Board each year. Yet in late 1987 the NSW and New Zealand. The Antarctic hole grew to aV e oy Public Works Department helped the Water the size of North America and in some places ozone was depleted by 95%. Last summer the . Board block new safety standards for ocean ozone over southern cities was severely de- A young surfer survived an encoun- discharge because the new $350 million pleted -by 12% for three days over Melbourne. ter with a four metre long shark thanks to the ocean outfalls, due to open in 1992, won't By next summer the weather bureau hopes to help of a pod of dolphins. comply with them. The board also sup- be able to give satellite-gencrated updates on the state of the ozone layer in daily forecasts, Skin cancer ratesare already rising across Australia. US scientists believe that for every “The shark had knocked me off the board pressed one of its own reports which showed and then came back and bit me on the right that fish around Malabarcontained 122 times side,” said 17-year old schoolboy Adam the safe level of organochlorine pesticides. 1% reduction in global ozone there will be at Maguire while recovering in Lismore Hospi- Research into grease problems with the least hundreds of thousands of new cases each tal in January. He was surfing at Halftide new outfalls was never conducted. year. Up to 25% of people tested in random Beach when the shark attacked. “Jt was then regarded as purely a hydrau- surveys by the Queensland Cancer Fund in the “Tt came back for another go and I man- lic dispersion problem. I don’t think anyone south-east of the state last summer had sus- pected skin cancersand melanomas. 30-40% of aged 4 push it off with my hand. Then the oe considered what would happen to the people had suspected skin cancer or sunspots. dolphins started thrashing round inthe water | oils and fats,” said Terry Schulz, who isnow ANASA and British Meteorological Office and they just seemed to chase the shark off. conducting the research. team recently returned from the Arctic with The dolphins definitely saved my life. Neither the board nor the SPCC even news of an ozone hole there and the European “They scemed to be chasing the shark bothered monitoring the sea off Sydney for Community has decided to ban all CFCs by the away and kept it at bay while I had a chance viruses until a few months ago; their survey year 2000. In Australia, sales of CFC-propelled iogtbacktonhore"Hewashelpedtoshare | showed tat ptentaly dangerous vinses | ™EMactualy rnb) ese by two friends before collapsing. including meningitis and hepatitis are pres- alter the Montreal International Protocol, The shark left a 30cm wide gash in ent. which actually commits us to an increase in Adam’s side and aholeinhissurfboard 30cm See Biosphere This Issue global ozone by the year 2000 (see NEXUS #4). wide and 15cm deep. Wear a hat and buy some dark glasses. See Previous Issues - Reuter, AP, SMI Save Boy South-East For Rest North Gets Theirs