FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GREG HUNT CONTRADICTS HIMSELF

SPEAKING IN TASMANIA RECENTLY GREG HUNT WAS REPORTED IN "THE AUSTRLAIAN " (in connection with World Heritage areas):

 BUT MINISTER HUNT CAN EFFECTIVELY WASH HIS HANDS OF PROTECTING A THREATENED  SPECIES - THE KOALA - WHICH IS HEADED FOR EXTINCTION LOCALLY AS A RESULT OF PROPOSALS LIKE OPTION 'G' - EVEN THOUGH THE KOALA IS LISTED FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT (EPBC ACT).  THIS IS BECAUSE THE COMMONWEALH CAN NOW DELEGATE SUCH DECISIONS TO THE STATES AND QLD DEMONSTRATES DISINTEREST.

 

 

 

WE SAW THE SAME SORT OF DOUBLE-TALK ABOUT THE REEF WHEN THE  COMMONWEALTH ORIGINALLY JUSTIFIED THE UNJUSTIFIABLE DUMPING OF DREDGING SPOIL IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK - UNTIL TAKEN TO COURT BY GETUP THAT IS.

THE COMMONWEALTH NEEDS TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER ON THE ENVIRONMENT !