![]() ![]() Government urged to overhaul endangered species protections “Blue Care can confirm the Department has determined our development is not a controlled action that is, we are not required to take any further environmental management actions beyond what we have committed to the State and Noosa Shire Council,” it said. Source: Suppliedīefore the glossy black cockatoo’s federal listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, Blue Care referred its project to the Commonwealth to ensure its “environmental management actions adhere to all statutory requirements”. That’s despite the both blocks being abundant in she-oak - a plant species the federal government has committed to protecting and regenerating because it is the cockatoos’ main food source.īlue Care has already bulldozed its 0.8-hectare site. It has permission to develop 5 hectares of adjacent land for a retirement home. UnitingCare Queensland’s health agency Blue Care has already cleared its 0.8 hectare site on Grasstree Court to make way for a nursing home earlier this year. In August, south-eastern glossy black cockatoos were declared vulnerable to extinction by environment minister Tanya Plibersek, but that hasn’t stopped the developer's determination to bulldoze its habitat. “It’s very worrying.” Why are glossy black cockatoos threatened? ![]() “We're going to basically kill ourselves off if we keep destroying the things that we need to survive,” he told Yahoo News Australia. He's calling for the church to rethink its plan and protect the site, which backs onto national park where endangered koalas live. Source: Spencer Hitchen / Gerrard Hitchen Spencer Hitchen, from Queensland, is campaigning to stop the Uniting Church from demolishing glossy black cockatoo habitat. ![]()
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