Posted on April 4, 2016
TRINITY Inlet has been dredged this week as part of a secret Federal Government plan to berth nuclear submarines near the Cairns CBD.
Two “mega dredges” have been operating throughout the week under the cover of darkness to move 200 million cubic metres of sand.
Under little-known Australian military laws, the Federal Government has overridden the State Government’s anti-port development regulations and also rescinded a pledge to UNESCO that now allows the dredge spoil to be dumped at secret offshore locations.
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