Minister, you would be well aware of the devastating fires that went through the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in 2016 and again in 2019. You would also be aware that we have just endured the hottest year on record.
Minister for Parks Nick Duigan today doubled-down on the Liberals’ support for the Lake Malbena proposal, despite new evidence emerging that the developer’s excuses for neglecting the Heritage-listed Hall’s Hut are false.
The Tasmanian Government should stop hiding behind spurious commercial in confidence claims designed keep Tasmanians in the dark and scrap the failed EOI process.
Heritage listed Halls Hut sits in the middle of a little island today identified as Halls Island on the idyllic Lake Malbena.
In 2014 when the Liberals first came to office, the first thing on the chopping block was the Parks and Environment budget. Scientists, rangers and parks maintenance were slashed.
People are also rightfully concerned that corporate interests are being put ahead of everyday Tasmanians by privatising protected land for exclusive development.
This motion lays bare the agenda of this Liberal Government, because it is wholly motivated by privatisation of public land for a tourism operator to develop.
The Liberal Government appears to have not learnt a thing from years of turmoil stirred up by the toxic privatisation of parks policy.
A development application has been lodged with the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council for a private commercial development at Cooks Beach in Freycinet National Park.
We asked about the number of stand downs in relation to historical or contemporary child sex abuse allegations and ED5 investigations.
