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Ukrainians welcomed By Margie Maccoll Just over a week ago mother and daughter Lillia and Lisa left their home in Kyiv, Ukraine, to escape war, and are now living in Noosa, with their future uncertain and their thoughts with their family and friends left behind. Their journey here began about four months ago when Noosaville residents Adela and her mother Glennice were watching images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on their home television and discussing what a terrible thing it must be for the innocent victims. “Mum said, well we have room here we could offer,” Adela said. The next day Adela phoned the Ukraine Embassy and the Australian Ukraine Society and posted a message on the Ukraine Society Facebook page. A couple of days later a Ukrainian doctor living in Brisbane, a friend of Lillia, contacted her to say there was a family that would contact them. “Lillia contacted me through Facebook,” Adela said. “She said the family would like to take up our offer.” Ukrainian refugees Lisa and Lillia.
Picture: ROB MACCOLL
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Yurol celebration By Phil Jarratt The ground-breaking and historic Yurol Ringtail Conservation Project was formally claimed by the Palaszczuk Government at Noosa Council chambers this week, in front of most of the conservationists and true believers who had worked since 2018 to make it happen. But if there had ever been any friction over who did what in the process, it had long been forgotten as the key players joined in celebration of a project which effectively doubles the
size of Noosa’s National Park estate, and nearly completes the crescent of perpetually protected national parks and wildlife corridors around our coastal built environment. “This has been the happiest collaboration of governments, industry, conservationists and First Nations people that I’ve ever been involved with,” said Dr Michael Gloster, vicepresident of Noosa Parks Association and acknowledged as the true architect of the acquisition plan. Announcing that the project was now en-
tering its final phase, Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the Palaszczuk Government would now turn the 2400 hectares of the old Yurol Ringtail State Forest into national park, with major revegetation works to be carried out by the Kabi Kabi People Aboriginal Corporation, Greenfleet Australia and Noosa Landcare. Ms Scanlon said it was a great example of collaboration between the state government, councils, First Nations’ communities, industry and environment groups like the Noosa Parks
Association to rehabilitate the environment and sprout new employment and training opportunities as part of the state’s Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan. “Tewantin and Noosa national parks play an incredibly important role in the local environment and also bring in thousands of tourists every year to this area – so any chance to expand it will reap huge benefits for the community,” Ms Scanlon said. Continued page 4
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