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future prospects for the environment

To: John Leonard <>
Subject: future prospects for the environment
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:43:25 +1000
Certainly here in Victoria, where it has only been Federal intervention
that has stopped cattle grazing in the high country! Having said that - and
not wishing to start a political argument - it seems that in many areas
Labor governments are just as pro-development as the Coalition!

On 23 August 2012 08:38, John Leonard <> wrote:

> I note that yesterday a Coalition spokesperson announced that a future
> Coalition government's plan would include "outsourcing" environmental
> protection to the States.
>
> Trying not to be political here...
>
> When I came to Australia in 1991 I saw that environmental protection had a
> long way to go (as in the UK), and through the 1990s it seemed little
> progress was being made. Through the 2000s it seemed that no progress was
> being made, and now we are in a situation where we seem to be going
> backwards.
>
> --
> John Leonard
> Canberra
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