That's what we thought would happen to the plans for a Shipping Terminal in our
Broadwater on the Gold Coast.
Then the LNP govt in Queensland stepped in and made it an 'Integrated Resort
Development' area
Goodbye Eastern Curlews and hello Chinese Casino...
Judy
> On 31 Jul 2014, at 10:53 pm, Russell Woodford <> wrote:
>
> I think it will die in the water just like Point Lillias. When the Powers
> That Be realise it is far from being economically viable, they will say
> they can't build it because of environmental concerns ...
>
>
>> On 31 July 2014 19:24, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:
>>
>> Any plans to allow this ridiculous pier onto the WTP should be fully and
>> heavily protested. This site is the most important area for biodiversity in
>> the whole of central Victoria & in terms of biomass in the world! There is
>> no way this should happen!-Kevin Bartram
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:46:27 +1000
>>> From:
>>> To:
>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] WTP plans
>>>
>>> If this does become the official Labor plan, we are left with a Devil's
>>> Alternative: A monstous, lumbering pier and associated infrastructure
>>> cutting right through the the Treatment Plant, or the potential
>>> eco-disaster to Western Port if the Liberal's Hastings Plan is accepted.
>>> Either way the murky world of big business and "progress" will cut a
>>> swathe of destruction through internationally significant environments.
>>> I shudder at the thought of massive oil tankers steaming past the
>>> penguins, seals and shearwaters of Phillip Island, emptying their tanks
>>> onto the pristine, fragile ecosystem of French Island ... yet the Point
>>> Wilson idea is equally hatched from insanity. This whole idea seems
>>> fraught with disaster, hopefully it will be elsewhere, somewhere with a
>>> deepwater port and lesser environmental significance.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 30/07/2014 6:13 PM, Tom Tarrant wrote:
>>>> Just seen Labor's plan
>>>> <
>> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/labor-floats-plan-for-giant-pier-out-into-port-phillip-in-its-bay-west-port-plan-20140729-zy7u5.html
>>>
>>>> for the Point Wilson area, it might upset a few people....
>>>>
>>>> Tom
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