$80K annually sounds like they've employed someone to look for the birds and
study their movements. Apologies for my cynicism.
On 8/7/06, Charles Hunter <> wrote:
Letter from today's Australian Financial Review (page 52) from Ian
Campbell (Minister for Environment and Heritage) in reply to article from
July 26th "Campbell ignored advice on wind farm".
Your "Campbell ignored advice on wind farm" mentioned efforts to boost
the recovery of the endangered orange-bellied parrot.
Your readers may be interested to know that the Australian Government
has been investing heavily for many years to assist recovery of the
orange-bellied parrot. As few as 50 breeding pairs are left in existence
across the world.
More than $1 million has been invested in this work, with around $80,000
each year being directed to the Orange-bellied Parrot recovery Program since
1996. Any suggestion that the decision-making over Bald Hills was capricious
or ill-considered just doesn't stack up when viewed through the prism of
this decade-long commitment.
Ian Campbell
Minister for Environment and Heritage
Canberra, ACT
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