A speech made in parliament today on behalf of Coastal Rights Association puts on public record the fact that the government mislead the people of New South Wales and also the Governor in it's zoning of Batemans Marine Park.

Of those pictured above (left to right) the Premier, ex-minister for environment Bob Debus and Minister Macdonald were in charge of creating Batemans Marine Park, and between them must share the blame for misleading not only to the public of New South Wales but also to the Governor.

Misleading to Parliament can have you sacked I wonder what misleading the Governor will bring.

The next two current Minister for the environment Phil Koperberg and minister assisting the minister Verity Firth were not even elected during the creation of this mess so can't be held accountable for what others have done.

But judging by their actions so far, Minister for environment missing in action Not One Word on the subject since taking office, and his assistant offering no assistance to the public on the matter. It would seem they are prepared to go along for the ride.

Be careful folks! I have a feeling it may be all down hill from here.

Don't worry Ministers. There may still be time to redeem yourselves, so incase you missed what the Member for Bega had to say in the house, copies of the speech and all relevant documents are on their way to you now, as well as copies to the Governor and major media outlets.

I suggest you pay particular attention to the call at the end.

For those who are not in the habit of watching parliament, below are video and audio recordings of the speech.  You can also read the speech and all documents mentioned in parliament. You will need Adobe Reader 8

 

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I heard some interesting news on Tuesday, I have included two recordings below one from radio 2ec and the next from ABC Southeast.

"Local divers team up with a leading environment
group to survey fish in our new marine park." 

I do admire the divers for there volunteer work, though I question the motives of the environment group involved.

More soon on the NPA, their methods, secret meetings and agenda. 

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It still seems that the whole marine park process in NSW has the cart before the horse. Surely it would be far better to have done a thorough survey prior to declaring the park, to understand what lives here and how it is coping after almost 200 years of European settlement and learn what may need protection, from what and then decide how best to go about it.

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On the 12th of September, Over a month ago Professor Robert Kearney (well respected marine biologist) caused quite a stir by simply stating the facts in an address to The Australian Society for Fish Biology, Canberra.

"Many citizens of the Batemans region have been hoodwinked into believing that the proposal for this park was actually based on sound science and that the park will deliver considerable benefits to biodiversity conservation and recreational fishing"

Read the full paper here

The first reaction from government and the radicals was to hold their breath and wait till the stink blew away. When it didn't, their next step was to send out soon to be Ex-Director of NPWS Tony Fleming, knowing that if it backfired they could distance themselves form what he said. The best Tony could do was point to so called "scientific consensus"  on marine protected areas.

Due to continued requests from CRA and others for a scientific rebuttal to Prof Kearney's paper, The minister assisting the minister for the environment, Verity Firth was next to try and make it go away. View this attempt here. Unfortunately what she had to say was nearly word for word what Mr Fleming had said which amounted to nothing, but it was interesting to see her mention the same European consensus statement.  

Now three so called leading environment groups NPA (National Parks Association) NCC Nature Conservation Council and The Wilderness Society have decided it's time to put their magic spin on things to make it all go away. Here 

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