THE COMMONWEALTH STATE AND COUNCIL NEED TO GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER RE PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THEIR HABITAT

SYSTEMIC FAILURE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT - A TRIPLE BYPASS!

1.  COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT:

Changes to the Commonwealth's Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Control Act (EPBC Act)  can now delegate the responsibility for matters of national environmental significance to the states. See notes on section 5 below and Minister Hunt's response which flicks responsibility for assessment of impacts to koalas - a federally protected species under the EPBC Act -  to the States.  But Qld  currently demonstrates no interest in environmental issues. By this circuitous and flawed process, the Commonwealth can effectively wash its hands of the issue.


2.  STATE GOVERNMENT:

Development, not environmental protection, is their agenda e.g. relaxation of vegetation protection laws and allowing cattle into some National Parks:

Message from Deputy Premier Seeney & as relayed by State MP's:

"The LNP Government is determined to close the chapter on 20 years of Labor over-regulation of vegetation management.

Green groups are spreading ill-informed, alarmist untruths in a desperate grab to remain relevant and grab newspaper headlines.

The Newman LNP Government rejects claims from extreme environmental group WWF Australia, that changes to Queensland’s vegetation laws will damage ecosystems."


3.  MORETON BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL:

Removed environmental corridors and riparian (streamside) zones from its new planning scheme.

WHERE ARE KOALAS  AND OUR PRECIOUS WILDLIFE SUPPOSED TO LIVE?