Bonds, insurance, fines or mandatory remediation are being considered as part of a plan to restore Great Barrier Reef islands smashed by cyclones and left abandoned
Queensland’s Transport and Resources Committee called a parliamentary inquiry into the economic and regulatory frameworks for Queenland’s island resorts on 21 February 2022. The report was tabled in March, after a year-long series of public hearings and written submissions from conservationists, tourism boards and operators, traditional owners, councils and private citizens.
During the inquiry, the committee heard Brampton Island Resort, leased by United Petroleum, had been overtaken by weeds; that infrastructure had not been maintained and that “buildings have now been allowed to decay to such a degree that … refurbishment or rebuilding will be very expensive”. Lindeman Island, sold after cyclone damage to the Chinese-owned White Horse, was now “in a state of decay” the council said, describing it as “completely derelict” and likely to have asbestos.
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