Protection from development of high ecological value land at Burnett Heads Port
Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Tanya McLoughlin
80 Sea Park Road
BURNETT HEADS QLD 4670
80 Sea Park Road
BURNETT HEADS QLD 4670
Total Signatures - 1041
Sponsoring Member:
Mr Stephen Bennett MP
Posting Date:
11/8/2022
Closing Date:
9/9/2022
Tabled Date:
12/10/2022
Responded By:
Hon Meaghan Scanlon MP
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the house the request of Burnett Heads and Port communities that the remnant forest area be protected from all planned development and designated as a Nature Reserve or similar. Plan Lot SP274161/5 contains old growth trees listed on the National Register of Big Trees. It is a high risk area under the Protected Plants Trigger Map, and part is recognised as wetland protection area. In an area of shrinking natural bushland, the forest provides habitat and nesting for native fauna.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to review all current development plans with a view to designating the remnant forest area as a Community Environmental Park or Nature Reserve.