Stop mining on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Terri Irwin
Australia Zoo
1638 Steve Irwin Way
Total Signatures - 1,839
Sponsoring Member: Carolyn Male MP
Posting Date: 18/5/2010
Closing Date: 18/11/2010
Tabled Date: 23/11/2010
Responded By: Hon Stephen Robertson MP on 17/12/2010
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of the residents of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR), a 330,000 acre property in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, is being threatened by strip mining. The SIWR is a wetland conservation property and tribute to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, and is home to a set of three important spring fed wetlands which provide a critical water source to threatened habitat, provide permanent flow of water to the Wenlock River, and is home to rare and vulnerable plants and wildlife. Cape Alumina Pty Ltd has lodged mining lease applications which include approximately 30,300 acres of the SIWR. The proposed area for mining on the SIWR contains the head waters of irreplaceable waterways and unique biodiversity which will not recover after mining operations are finished.

 

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to ask the Minister for Mines and Energy to ensure that no mining applications are granted on any part of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR).