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Kangaroo Island eco-pod proposal reaches agreement, but were ‘the scales tipped’?
Controversial hiker’s accommodation will be built in a Kangaroo Island (KI) national park after a court case was resolved with compromise, but the State Government has been accused of shifting the goalposts to leave opponents little choice.
Key points:
- Legal proceedings launched in the Supreme Court have been resolved through mediation
- Eco-pods on Kangaroo Island are to be built closer to where originally proposed inside Flinders Chase National Park
- The Greens and Opposition have questioned the use of delegated legislation to put pressure on the project’s opponents
Clusters of two-person accommodation pods inaccessible to road vehicles will be constructed inside Flinders Chase National Park after it was agreed to build them adjacent the KI…
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