Island dingo fences go ahead
Michael McKenna; 7/5/08
The Queensland Government has continued work on Fraser Island’s dingo fences after federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s office yesterday back-flipped on its insistence that construction needed to stop. Indigenous leaders are concerned that bulldozers have damaged sacred sites in the World Heritage-listed area. Despite a meeting being called between the governments and traditional owners for this Friday, Queensland Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara last night vowed work on the almost-completed fences would continue unabated. On Monday, a spokesman for Mr Garrett said discussions between federal and state bureaucrats last week had led to a voluntary agreement by the Queensland Government to stop work until an assessment of the traditional landowners’ claims could be completed.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23657733-5013404,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Environment