Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Campbell, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Is the minister aware that the Queensland shadow minister for the environment has called for the abolition of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, with its functions to be transferred to the state government? Does the minister agree with Mr Rob Messenger when he claims that the authority has been taken over by an elite, ideologically driven minority? Can the minister also tell the Senate if he agrees with statements by another Queensland coalition candidate, Dr Paul Joice, that the authority is ‘totally out of control and has lied to fishermen’? Given that Dr Joice has urged him to get on with it by abolishing the authority, can the minister give a guarantee that the government has no plans to abolish the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and no plans to transfer its functions to the state government?