MEDIA ALERT
Date 19 January 2012
Gladstone Harbour Dredge Protest – environmental activist challenges court
On the 9 Nov 2011 environmental activist Derec Davies boarded and stopped one of the controversial Gladstone Harbour dredges. Gaining national media attention and connecting the dredging impacts to the Great Barrier Reef and the activities of Queensland's coal seam gas industry.
Mr Davies will appear in the Brisbane magistrates court tomorrow and fight the Gladstone Port Corporation $35,000 damages claim.