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Illegal holiday cabin built in national park on Queensland island

  • Eighteen people were fined a total of $7,606 for constructing an illegal holiday cabin in Curtis Island National Park without approvals, according to the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation .
  • The illegal structure featured solar panels, rainwater tanks, and was built using illegally felled trees, as reported by DESI.
  • Illegal activities at the site included unauthorized vehicle use and hunting, which authorities linked to environmental damage in protected areas.
  • DESI emphasized that camping is only allowed at designated sites and that all illegal structures are prohibited under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
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Rangers pounce after trees felled for dodgy island hut

An illegal holiday hut has been discovered on a national park island made with trees cut down by a group who were fined after using the shack for hunting trips.

·City of Perth, Australia
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Fires, dogs, guns, dirt bikes: illegal hut in national park lands hefty fines

An illegal hut and other unlawful activities led to $7606 in fines for 18 people on Queensland's Curtis Island National Park.

·Canberra, Australia
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According to the local police, the two men – one of them is supposed to come from Brazil – are not "homeless people in the classical sense," but rather those with valid papers. Nevertheless, their stay in the park is illegal. Brunecker's local police have already issued penalties for illegal camping. It has nothing to do with it. "It seems that the two of them live according to the motto: if they have nothing, they can't be taken away, too," say…

·Bolzano, Italy
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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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