Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

The decision at Bald Hills was not made because of a threat of one bird loss per one thousand years. That was in fact a Goebbelsian interpretation of the report by Biosis done by the Victorian government—the same Victorian government that stopped a wind farm last year 200 miles from Bald Hills because of a wedge-tailed eagle that was not even threatened. The risk to the orange-bellied parrot is that if you lose one every year you will wipe the species out. The Labor Party would like to see the orange-bellied parrot wiped out. We are very happy to protect Australian wildlife, but also to ensure that we have a strong economy.