THE REGION’S lead conservation organisation is not happy with the Land Court’s recent ruling regarding the proposed Dittmer Goldmine. Whitsunday Conservation Council said the judge had not even considered the Whitsundays’ drinking water when she made her recommendation that the goldmine, near Proserpine and the Peter Faust dam, should go ahead. Whitsunday residents were so concerned about the possible effects on the region’s water supply, a petition was lodged with the...