Jo Lindgren (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1051.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Queensland Government’s North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability Bill 2015 will phase out sand mining by 2019,

(ii) there is a commitment from the North Stradbroke Island community to address future gaps and challenges by utilising mining forward estimate contributions that could be injected into supporting the local economy,

(iii) a strategy of ecotourism cannot replace the economic disadvantage that will befall the unprepared community, and

(iv) the Australian Workers’ Union has labelled the phase out of sand mining on the island by 2019 as ‘a kick in the guts’ for hundreds of workers living on the island and in the bayside communities; and

(b) calls on the Queensland Government to extend the mining lease to be compatible with the Council of Australian Governments ‘Closing the Gap’ agenda.