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There are a couple of quick things I want to pick up on Walker Corp’s statements quoted in this article, about their proposed development at #Toondah: theguardian.com/australia-news…
For starters, the idea that the development won’t impact eastern curlews because there are so few of them left is particularly grim: there aren’t many curlews left *because of habitat destruction*. That means every scrap of remaining habitat is *essential*. 
2nd, migratory shorebirds are highly sensitive to disturbance. They live on a metabolic knife edge: each wingbeat fleeing from a perceived threat is stolen from their next migration. Eastern curlews are the most skittish. How much disturbance will building 3600 apartments create?
Queensland grazier fined $450k for illegal land clearing
Thee is a huge national scandal here also:
Thread:
abc.net.au/news/2019-04-0… via @abcnews
Thee is a huge national scandal here also:
Thread:
abc.net.au/news/2019-04-0… via @abcnews
The clearing at Kingvale was the first ever to be called in by the federal regulator in 2016.
This means the proponent refused to refer the project for assessment, despite it having significant impacts on matters of national importance.
This means the proponent refused to refer the project for assessment, despite it having significant impacts on matters of national importance.
There was significant lobbying by senior coalition members for the dept. to approve the clearing.
The government then made a call to fast track the assessment (and approval) of the clearing, which appeared to be in response to political pressure - I'll come back to this...
The government then made a call to fast track the assessment (and approval) of the clearing, which appeared to be in response to political pressure - I'll come back to this...
