With Hay Point, Dudgeon Point and Abbot Point, and not to mention the debacle occurring in Gladstone, the people of Mackay and the Whitsundays who are concerned about the Reef cannot afford to waste their votes on either major party according to the Greens candidate for Whitsunday Jonathon Dykyj.
“Now the state government’s coal and gas port developers want to dump millions of tonnes of dredging spoil containing known marine toxins such as acid sulphate soils and heavy metals onto the Reef.” Mr Dykyj said
“For a relatively small “fee” this state government is prepared to sell our international treasure and job rich tourism icon to the mining industry as a dump site.
“The irony is that we have the tourism and agriculture ministers (Jan Jarratt and Tim Mulherin), who are meant to be representing our region and their portfolio’s best interests, but are just sitting idly by as this madness continues.
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