579-05 State control of the Douglas Shire Draft Planning Scheme

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
J Conde
Low Island Preservation Society
PO Box 104
PORT DOUGLAS QLD 4877
Total Signatures - 72
Sponsoring Member: Jason O'Brien MP
Posting Date: 09/11/2005
Tabled Date: 09/11/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House to the State Control of the Douglas Shire Draft Planning Scheme.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to: support Desley Boyle (Queensland Minister for Local Government and Planning, Environment, and Women) on the following issues: 1. Support her intervention in the Planning Scheme on the basis of effective and rational planning. 2. Calling on her to implement the Draft Planning Scheme as originally presented to her, and approved the whole of government assessment process. 3. Calling on the State and Federal Governments to provide sufficient funds to fairly compensate affected landowners north of the Alexander Range. 4. Providing certainty to Douglas Shire Council’s ability to fulfil it’s financial commitment to a sustainable Daintree through the Daintree River Ferry fee, or resumption of control of the Cape Tribulation Road and Daintree River Ferry by the Queensland State Government.