OUR NATURAL HERITAGE FOR SALE
The Carr Government is taking decisions that will sell-off and damage publicly owned environmental assets. Will this be the lasting legacy of the ‘green’ Premier?

• Privatisation of water in our rivers
• Selling publicly owned Crown land
• Threatened species protections rendered meaningless to help
  development
• The fate of critical western woodlands left hanging while logging and
  mining continue apace
• South East forests future hangs in the balance as Government deliberates over national park decision
• Ongoing attacks on our wilderness and national park areas by granting access to damaging activities
• Massive developments that will desecrate alpine national parklands
• Broadscale land clearing continues

The Carr Government is out of touch with the community

• NSW rivers are the worst in Australia - 50% have degraded aquatic wildlife and 25% are regarded as highly stressed
• Over 3.5 million hectares of crown leasehold land is to be sold off
• There are 978 listed threatened plant and animal species and communities in NSW
• Brigalow is one of 15 national biodiversity hotspots yet remains one of the poorest protected regions in NSW
• 25,000ha of high conservation value forest is to be logged in the Eden woodchip zone
• At least 2 million hectares of wilderness remains unprotected
• Resorts cover 3,500ha of Kosciuszko National Park
• Over 5,000 square kms have been approved for clearing by the Carr Government since 1998, on top of illegal clearing and clearing not requiring approval

Is this a return for developer donations to the ALP?
Are Ministers or bureaucracies out of control?
Has the Country Labor rump got too much influence?

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