JulianS wrote:stepbystep wrote:A very good article in the latest Wild Magazine. One that shows the nationwide land grab under way.
Is it online by any chance? I had a quick look, but it wasn't obvious.
stepbystep wrote:JulianS wrote:stepbystep wrote:A very good article in the latest Wild Magazine. One that shows the nationwide land grab under way.
Is it online by any chance? I had a quick look, but it wasn't obvious.
Not online. I'd encourage people to buy a hard copy to support the magazine. It's part one of a two part feature.
Cheers, Dan
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Lophophaps wrote:At some stage in this long process there were a lot of submissions, perhaps to the Central Highlands Council, with something like 1000 against and a handful for the proposal. Can someone advise me of when, what this was for, and the figures? TIA.
Lophophaps wrote:https://tnpa.org.au/lake-malbena-appeal/
17 September 2021
Lake Malbena - appeal to Supreme Court - a win!
The decision was announced on the afternoon of 15 September 2021. It was a 2:1 majority decision by full bench of the Supreme Court (3 judges).
This is the latest in the campaign against the proposed helicopter-accessed tourism development at Lake Malbena, in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. See here for our summary of the whole saga.
The ruling sets aside both the outcome of our initial appeal to the Supreme Court (considered by only one judge) and the original decision of the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal (RMPAT) to grant a permit for the proposal. It requires RMPAT to consider whether the proposal complies with the “prescriptive requirements” of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Management Plan 2016.
The ruling vindicates the substantial amount of effort and cost required to mount this legal challenge. Our thanks to our fellow parties to the appeal; The Wilderness Society (Tasmania), Richard Webb and Paul Smith; and our legal team; Claire Bookless and Nicole Sommer (Environmental Defenders Office) and counsel Juliet Forsyth SC and R Muchinguri.
The way ahead is not entirely clear. Wild Drake, the proponent, has 28 days to seek leave to appeal this decision to the High Court. If they do not, there are some practical questions to resolve around the RMPAT’s reconsideration of its decision. The original hearings were conducted in mid-2019. There may be some opportunity to remind the members of the tribunal of the key points of evidence, assuming that all the original members of the tribunal are available.
*** TNPA advice ends
Nice.
"Huge win for Tasmanian Wilderness as Lake Malbena heli-tourism plans withdrawn
A planning appeal relating to a heli-tourism development at Halls Island, Lake Malbena, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has been withdrawn, in a huge win for EDO clients the Wilderness Society (Tasmania), Tasmanian National Parks Association, Richard Webb and Paul Smith.
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kestert wrote:Hopefully this is the end of it.
kestert wrote:Hopefully this is the end of it.
The Examiner wrote:Opponents have cautiously welcomed the news, but were concerned about the proponent - Wild Drake, owned by Daniel Hackett - planning to continue the federal process. Tasmanian National Parks Association president Nick Sawyer said his organisation believed this hinted at potential changes to state laws to avoid another development application process. "That implies that Wild Drake expect to get state government approvals as necessary somewhere down the track by some other mechanism which is not at all clear at this stage," he said. "Despite the fact that if there's one thing that the process has so far surely proven, it is that this proposal has not got a social license. "It would be really nice if it was a clean 'this is the end of the project' victory. But it's not quite that unfortunately for us and our supporters." But Mr Hackett said he still planned to return to the local planning approvals process once the federal process had concluded. "The proposal is presently subject to ongoing assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999," he said. "We will be turning our considerations to this assessment after the summer break, and will re-enter the local planning process at the conclusion of that process, with additional clarity. "It is important to highlight that the project has passed all merit-based assessments and decisions at the local, state and federal level, and the current approvals hurdles have related to the legal drafting of these decisions." The proposed flight path from Derwent Bridge to an exposed rock landing area near Lake Malbena had been altered as part of the federal process to reduce the time the helicopter would be above the Wilderness World Heritage Area.
johnrs wrote:Surely this process is now corrupt?
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