While it is welcome to see there is accountability for some who don’t pay lease fees in Parks, the inconsistency with which compliance is being applied is ripe with hypocrisy.
The Halls Island deal has been a dud and reeked of secrecy from day dot. The latest lease extension is yet another shameful chapter in the saga.
Despite failing to fulfil his lease requirements, Daniell Hackett of Wild Drake has applied for another extension to his exclusive lease over Halls Island, at Lake Malbena.
In Parliament, the Greens asked the Acting Minister for Parks to cancel the private lease over Halls Island, on behalf of Liz McQuilkin, the daughter of the legendary Reg Hall.
On behalf of the Hall family and the Tasmanian bushwalking and fly-fishing communities, will you use your power as Parks Minister to cancel the lease over Halls Island?
Okay, that is good. Could we go now to one of our favourite shared topics, and that is Lake Malbena. What's your understanding of the condition of Halls Hut at the moment?
That's great, thank you. Minister, through the EOI process, proponents that are having their proposal actively considered provide six‑monthly updates on how they're progressing...
The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has not seen the submitted report relating to their own heritage. I will just let you contemplate that for a moment.
I am a bit baffled by your apparent lack of knowledge on whether or not there is an Aboriginal Heritage Desktop Review and/or an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report.
You are responsible for leasing the proposed project at Halls Island, Lake Malbena in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA).
