Public Consultations – Please have your say!
Review into land tenure ~ due by 3rd August.
This is the proposal to turn the millions of hectares of grazing/ farming leases into freehold for the farmer. What environment and financial public costs are involved?
Reducing “Green” Tape discussion paper ~ due by 17th August.
This is a proposal to reduce the environmental conditions currently required for major developments. The Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee’s issues paper for the inquiry is now available – Paper No.1 Reducing regulatory burdens on Queensland’s agriculture and resource industries at:
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.
National Food Plan ~ due 30th September.
This is Federal Labor’s idea of turning Australia into a food bowl for Asia. Consider the impacts on Australia’s biodiversity, scarce water resources, old and fragile soils as well as climate change.