tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post6714360107999893508..comments2023-08-04T01:53:37.373+10:00Comments on Evacuation Grounds: PRA: Qld reforms to Vegetation management actGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16952473688008286364noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-41966224550465403082013-05-10T16:14:39.688+10:002013-05-10T16:14:39.688+10:00Agforce today issued a media release that was stro...Agforce today issued a media release that was strong & clear in its message, <b><a href="http://www.agforceqld.org.au/file.php?id=2418&open=yes" rel="nofollow">AgForce Refutes Alarmist Vegetation Management Claims</a></b><br /><br /><i>"Mr Burke said the reform proposed by Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Andrew Cripps, under the Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Bill 2013 under no circumstances opened the gates to broadscale land clearing but did take steps toward restoring a sensible and sustainable balance to legislation. Importantly, changes proposed under the Bill were supported by the Queensland Competition Authority and the majority of submissions made to the Parliamentary Committee investigating the Bill.<br />“I cannot stress enough that strong environmental outcomes and productivity are not mutually exclusive,” Mr Burke said.<br />“The changes proposed by Minister Cripps are common sense and merely set about creating an operating environment in which primary producers can go about their core business of producing food without being bogged down by unnecessary green tape.<br />“WWF seems intent on building frenzy around the proposals and to unnecessarily alarm the public using a host of hypotheticals which are simply not going to eventuate."</i>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937219469312905632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-87158176996921884122013-05-08T05:57:58.010+10:002013-05-08T05:57:58.010+10:00WWF wrong on vegetation reforms, a media statement...<b><a href="http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/4/30/wwf-wrong-on-vegetation-reforms" rel="nofollow">WWF wrong on vegetation reforms</a></b>, a media statement from the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Andrew Cripps.<br /><i>"“Green groups are at it again, spruiking ill-informed and alarmist rhetoric in an attempt to stay relevant and grab media headlines,” Mr Cripps said.<br /><br />“If WWF CEO Dermot O’Gorman properly read our proposed legislation, he’d discover that the Newman Government will retain 50-metre buffer zones alongside rivers and streams in reef catchments to protect water quality in these environmentally-sensitive areas.<br /><br />“The proposals contained in the Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Bill 2013 will allow sustainable vegetation management activities to occur, to support the development of high value agriculture in areas with appropriate land and available water.”<br /><br />Mr Cripps said the amendments would restore a long-overdue balance to Queensland’s vegetation management framework, while retaining key environmental protections.<br /><br />“Consecutive Labor Governments had, in the past, enforced radical green policies upon landholders that threatened their ability to effectively manage their farm businesses and maintain productivity,” he said.<br /><br />“In contrast, we are creating an opportunity for farming businesses to expand cropping operations and build infrastructure without the burden of unnecessary regulation.”<br /><br />Mr Cripps stressed that environmental values would be protected through these reforms.<br /><br />“These reforms do not mean landholders can indiscriminately clear land. Inappropriate vegetation management practices that show no regard for the environment will not be supported. Monitoring will still occur and penalties for illegal clearing of vegetation still apply.”</i><br /><br />More information on the amendments is available under Vegetation Management at: <b><a href="www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/home" rel="nofollow">www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/home</a></b><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937219469312905632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-20237355365729124602013-05-07T14:04:13.904+10:002013-05-07T14:04:13.904+10:00Fantastic news, Dale! At last a government exercis...Fantastic news, Dale! At last a government exercising commonsense and integrity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666128439539414631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-27756827924383935522013-05-07T06:38:30.852+10:002013-05-07T06:38:30.852+10:00Tree clearing laws in Qld were brought in by a gov...Tree clearing laws in Qld were brought in by a government that cynically used to its own advantage the growing divide between the urban & rural communities. It was pushed for by big environmental organisations that over a long period of time developed & sold to many in the public the concept of a pristine utopia. Eventually it became an issue that public with the greater electoral power decided was for the “greater good” but with a warm fuzzy feeling embracing the overlaying ideal sold to them they failed to notice the fine detail. The detail was that human rights that most would considered of fundamental importance were reversed; that principles of constitutional law were violated; that rights of rural landowners was taken away without compensation; many lost the ability to achieve their potential productively & economically; not only did most landowners felt they were treated as criminals some although innocence actually were and most perversely the blanket approach to environmental management on many local levels actually resulted in a detrimental outcomes. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937219469312905632noreply@blogger.com