Craig Kelly (Hughes, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendment (1) circulated in my name:

(1) Clause 17, page 21 (after line 18), after subclause (3), insert:

(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(d), and without limiting the circumstances in which an area is not suitable for offshore renewable energy infrastructure, an area is not suitable for offshore renewable energy infrastructure if any part of the area is in any of the following marine parks:

(a) the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park;

(b) the Coral Sea Marine Park;

(c) the Hunter Marine Park;

(d) the Solitary Islands Marine Park;

(e) the Murray Marine Park;

(f) the Boags Marine Park;

(g) the Franklin Marine Park;

(h) the Zeehan Marine Park;

(i) the Perth Canyon Marine Park;

(j) the South West Corner Marine Park.

We've seen over recent months and recent years a mass delusion come across the nation in many aspects of policy, and catastrophic mistakes have been made. Therefore, I propose to ensure that we allow the development of offshore wind wherever it is economically viable but protect our sensitive environmental zones. Therefore, I propose and would like to read out the amendment:

… without limiting the circumstances in which an area is not suitable for offshore renewable energy infrastructure, an area is not suitable for offshore renewable energy infrastructure if any part of the area is in any of the following marine parks:

(a) the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park;

(b) the Coral Sea Marine Park;

(c) the Hunter Marine Park;

(d) the Solitary Islands Marine Park;

(e) the Murray Marine Park;

(f) the Boags Marine Park;

(g) the Franklin Marine Park;

(h) the Zeehan Marine Park;

(i) the Perth Canyon Marine Park;

(j) the South West Corner Marine Park.

The purpose of this amendment is to protect the marine parks that we have around our coastal waters so that large industrial scale wind turbines up to 260 metres high and made of steel and fibreglass cannot be built in those areas and cannot be bolted down in the seabed in a marine park. This is the opportunity for members of this House to stand up and show they truly want to protect those marine parks that we have, those magnificent marine parks around our nation. They should be free of these large-scale industrial wind turbines. I commend this amendment to the House, and I would hope that it has full support.

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