You probably noticed Ros Bates' "Address in Reply" in Parliament on Tuesday 5 June 2012:
"I turn now to Springbrook. Many members would have heard me speak about Springbrook. The previous government had a plan-it was a secret plan, a surreptitious plan-to buy up houses in Springbrook and then demolish them. It simply made no sense for the government to buy tracts of land and demolish the houses, particularly when state housing was so stretched on the Gold Coast. This secret plan made little sense on any level, unless it was a plan to demolish not only these houses but also the Springbrook community.
I have been asking questions on what the last government's thinking was behind that secret plan and why it was never announced. I did not receive any real response from the last government. I look forward to actually receiving some answers from the current Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and wrestling back control of their own destiny for the silent majority who voted for me in Springbrook from the vocal green minority who have held these residents to ransom. "
Does Ms Bates understand the importance of the World
Heritage listing and what it means, not only for Queensland, but also Australia
and the world? It carries obligations. It is not a slogan to promote tourism or
business opportunities.
The phobia about a ‘secret plan’ is astonishing – to
demolish ‘the Springbrook community.’ Where did she get this concept from?
Maybe it has come from the same place as her vision for ‘wrestling
back control of their own destiny for the silent majority . . . from the vocal
green minority who have held these residents to ransom.’
Has Ms Bates understood the implications of World Heritage?
The listing is not based on any popular vote. It is based on fact – the unique biodiversity
of the area: and biodiversity does not rely on any majority to be. It has its' own necessities.
Let’s hope that the Minister for Environment and Heritage
Protection can help her – but don’t hold your breath!
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