302-04 Boating Safety, South-East of Queensland from the Tweed River (Queensland-New South Wales Border) to Bundaberg

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
H A Connell
PO Box 907
HERVEY BAY QLD 4655
Total Signatures - 6,599
Sponsoring Member: Christopher Foley MP
Posting Date: 22/04/2004
Tabled Date: 21/04/2004
Referred to: Referred Minister on 23/04/2004
Responded By: Hon Paul Lucas MP on 22/06/2004
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The Petition of the Citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House. Re: Boating Safety, South-East of Queensland from the Tweed River (Queensland-New South Wales Border) to Bundaberg. There is public concern for Boating Safety in the South-East in the South-East Queensland area At present the charts for this area are not available to companies such as C- Map and others who require these to produce exact electronic charts. C- Map have been in discussions with the Department of Transport Queensland to access their chart data since 2001 but to date they have been unsuccessful in obtaining a licence to use the Department of Transport Queensland's chart data. Therefore, the boating public are being put at the risk of death or injury every time they venture onto the water.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to release the current charts of the coastline and sea channels for South-East Queensland from the Tweed River (Queensland-New South Wales border) to Bundaberg as soon as possible so as not to endanger persons or property.