Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Thank you for that half answer, Minister. In June, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee also expressed extreme concern about the impacts of the LNG export facilities in Gladstone and said that they may be jeopardising the World Heritage status of the reef. They called for a strategic assessment of all coastal development. The federal government says that this will not happen for another two years and that it will take about three years to complete, but nothing—no approval or application—will be suspended in that time. Minister, what will be left to assess in five years time when there are already at least six major port developments planned or underway?