Mr President, I move - That the Validation State Coastal Policy Bill 2024 be referred to Government Administration Committee B for consideration and report.
Honourable Speaker, I thank the member for Clark for bringing forward this motion. I have to say that when I got up this morning, being lectured by minister Abetz about dog-whistling was not on my list of things that I thought would happen.
Honourable Speaker, I rise to speak on the adjournment of this debate and support the member for Clark, Mr Bayley, in relation to very obvious reasons why this is important to adjourn. We have an active case in the Supreme Court which really should be quite separate as a process in relation to what we are discussing today.
Honourable Speaker, I rise to talk about this validation bill and will say up front that we are not supportive of it. We believe this is both a travesty and a perversion of proper process.
What role will the Climate Change Office have in advising you on any changes to the State Coastal Policy?
I rise to say how disappointing and surprising it is that Labor does not want to support this motion to release the advice that the government will be using to bring in what would be an extraordinary piece of legislation.
I move that the House (1) Notes the Government's view, expressed in the opening paragraph on its consultation webpage that 'The State Coastal Policy 1996 (SCP) is a critically important part of the State's Resource Management and Planning System (RMS) and has served the State well in protecting the coast and providing for sustainable development…'
To provide retrospective approval for a development that would otherwise be refused because it contravenes the State Coastal Policy, you have released a draft bill for consultation before tabling it in this place.
The release of draft legislation to retrospectively approve a wharf through sensitive dune systems on Robbins Island demonstrates exactly what many experts and coastal communities feared – government is bulldozing long-established environmental settings at the behest of a multi-national corporation.