I know this is somewhat off topic but what is it with politicians?
The precis is.. a committee led by a Greens politician has introduced legislation that has simply said if you keep on allowing farmers and business to clear land it is most likely Koala Bears will be extinct in NSW by 2050.
You’d then think.. umm national symbol, Koala Bears, general commonsense with regard to our living environment. But no the profits of a few always win out.
We presume she’s saying in our header image … “hey little fella sorry but you’re history”
Lawyers Weekly report
In a bill that has proved to be very controversial to the NSW Parliament, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to overturn a vote that blocked farmers from clearing more land.
Ms Berejiklian has reverted to old koala protection laws after the proposed reforms were voted down. A Liberal parliamentary secretary who crossed the floor and voted against the bill has been sacked as years of koala protections were scaled back.
Parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack voted against its controversial land clearing bill – one that has divided Parliament time and again – in hopes that it would be issued to a committee to debate all proposed amendments and delay passage until next year. Instead, the bill has been shelved and a new policy will be drafted for debate in 2021.
Labor and the Greens voted to refer the bill to the planning and environment committee which is chaired by Greens MP Cate Faehrmann. It was the same committee that had conducted an inquiry that found koalas are set to become extinct in NSW by 2050.
In a statement promising to revert the block, Ms Berejiklian said: “Our farmers deserve certainty and do not deserve to be held to ransom by a Greens-controlled inquiry. We have agreed the NSW government will revert operations under former SEPP 44 before the end of the month and in the new year will develop a [new] policy.”
