Dolphins News - Edition 1

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Your Local Community Newspaper

ISSUE 1 // SEPTEMBER 16

It’s all about you

WELCOME to the first edition of Dolphins News, a newspaper that’s all about you – the community. In every edition, you’ll have the chance to meet locals making a difference, just like the Powlesland family. They’re collecting sea glass from our beaches and transforming it into something truly beautiful.

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Newport barge bid STORY KYLIE KNIGHT editor@dolphinsnews.com.au THERE’S a new proposal on the table as plans to reinstate a barge from the Redcliffe Peninsula to Moreton Island take the next step, with the State Government calling for expressions of interest. On September 3, the government announced it

na was not part of the original expression of interest process, but the operator had been, and understood what was needed to operate Newport Marina own- this particular service. er Joshua Kindred said it “Our commitment to this would be a once-daily ser- project is a minimum of two vice Monday to Thursday, decades. We see this project As part of this process, with two services each day having a generational impact, which was originally the government will re- from Friday to Sunday. ceive a joint proposal from Mr Kindred said the mari- achieved with the origiwould start a new expression of interest (EOI) process to expand the search for a barge service to Moreton Island. This was done so it could consider proposals for possible landing sites beyond the Scarborough harbour.

Newport Marina and a national operator to run a 90-minute service from the marina to a dock near Bulwer, seven days a week.

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nal Peninsula to Moreton Barge,” Mr Kindred said. “It’s expected the total cost of the project will exceed $4 million (the amount on offer from the State Government), however we believe the amount we’ll be seeking from the government will be well below what they have budgeted.” FULL STORY // P.3

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