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Environmental advocates welcome Queensland Government’s strategy to protect national parks – ABC News
Three days out from going into caretaker mode for this year’s election, the Queensland Government delivers on a promise made last election.
Three days out from going into caretaker mode for this year’s election, the Queensland Government has delivered on a promise made last election.
It has delivered a strategy to protect more wilderness areas in Queensland and committed $60 million in funding for it.
That means it can buy more land to turn into national parks, pay private landholders to create their own wilderness zones and employ more Indigenous rangers.
But while conservation groups have welcomed the investment, they warn more…
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