Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Conroy, the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. I refer to the government's decision to dump its conditional approval of the $4 billion South of Embley bauxite project on Cape York following a formal complaint by the Wilderness Society. The Wilderness Society, in an attempt to stop the project, first raised grave concerns regarding the local bare-rumped sheathtail bat. This was followed up by concerns regarding a new species of freshwater crab. Finally, they were successful with incorrect claims of increased shipping in the Great Barrier Reef. Will the government continue to surrender to the Wilderness Society's vexatious complaints and jeopardise economic investment and Aboriginal jobs on Cape York, and unionist jobs in Gladstone, that rely on bauxite to operate?