Annastacia Palaszczuk says Dreamworld should invest in conservation after it was revealed her government approved the theme park's request to spend a grant on a new attraction instead of a research facility.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called on Dreamworld to "do the right thing" and invest in koala research after the theme park spent $2.7 million in government funding on a roller-coaster instead of conservation work.The Opposition says conditions to ensure future funding for conservation should have been applied
Announced in 2019, Dreamworld's Future Lab was to become Queensland's first genome research facility for native animals and was designed to boost conservation efforts against threats to koalas like chlamydia."The tourism department gave money, through grants, to places like Dreamworld to expand their offerings to the public," she said.
"In view of the Future Lab project being placed on hold, the Queensland government approved that the funding previously approved for the research facility be repurposed to support the construction of the new ride, taking into consideration the immediate impacts of the pandemic and the appeal of new tourism offers likely to attract returning domestic visitors and international tourists when borders reopened," he said.
"It was completely ridiculous that it had to come out through this process and there was absolutely no transparency about it."
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