The Tasmanian Greens have written to UNESCO highlighting the failures of the Australian and Tasmanian governments to properly manage the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
UNESCO have growing concerns about the Liberals’ ‘management’ of wilderness and cultural values in the TWWHA.
It’s clear the World Heritage Committee’s concerns about the EOI process have not been assuaged by the government’s Tourism Master Plan. In fact, far from it.
The Greens questioned Parks Minister Gutwein about another secretive EOI project in a protected area and the apparent expenditure of public monies to enable it.
The Liberals’ corrupted EOI process for tourism development within Parks and Reserves is under yet another cloud.
The Minister failed to answer the question about your private consultant's conflict of interest with drafting the Tourism Master Plan.
The successful tenderer responsible for drafting the master plan is a private consultant who is being engaged at a cost of more $300,000 to the taxpayer.
We have lost 6 per cent of our globally significant world heritage areas. We nearly lost several whole towns and communities.
The Central Highlands Council have listened to the overwhelming community opposition to the proposal for Lake Malbena.
I have the great pleasure tonight to table the largest environmental petition in Australia's history.
