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Cash for Night Parrot

To: Peter Shute <>
Subject: Cash for Night Parrot
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:17 +0000
"The fee includes $5000 for a permit and costs”

I suspect the costs are more than the price of the permit.

Regards, Laurie.

On 25 Mar 2017, at 5:02 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:

> I'm interested to hear how they handle the problem of a no show. Perhaps for 
> that much money, they'll try many times.
>
> I'm also interested to know more about the $5000 for the permit. What permit 
> is that? Is there some kind of standard research permit that always costs 
> that much? Or is this a special permit created for Night Parrot viewing? 
> Where does the money go?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On 25 Mar 2017, at 1:59 pm, Tony Russell <> wrote:
>>
>> Well I agree with the $353k fine for unauthorized entry but BHA are having a
>> merry old rip off asking for $25k for a tour , just on the off chance of a
>> sighting.  I wouldn't donate evem $10 for that remote possibility.   Tony.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
>> Greg Roberts
>> Sent: 25 March 2017 06:51
>> To: birding-aus
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Cash for Night Parrot
>>
>> In an article in The Weekend Australian I address the irony of cashed up
>> birders being rewarded with a visit to the Pullen Pullen Night Parrot
>> Reserve in return for a $25,000 donation, while others face a $353,000 fine
>> for entering more than 250,000ha of potential Night Parrot habitat that has
>> been locked up by Queensland Government conservation orders.
>>
>> More here:
>>
>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/cash-for-night-parrot.html
>>
>>
>> Greg Roberts
>> 
>> http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
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