Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

do not feel that they have the money, the time or the administrative skills to wade through these extra thickets of red tape which are now standing in the way of their development. My bill ensures that these wild rivers declarations cannot have effect without the specific consent of the affected Aboriginal people. Under the Queensland legislation there is a requirement to consult. I am saying what we need is a requirement for consent. What I am saying is that the economic development of Cape York, the Gulf and other remote parts of Queensland should not be subject to bureaucratic decision-making—

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