Tasmania rejects Chinese-backed bid to build tourist resort overlooking national park
by Calla Wahlquist from on (#4VPQB)
State's planning commission scathing in its decision rejecting application to rezone 3,000 hectares of land for construction of sprawling complex
A controversial Chinese-backed multi-million-dollar tourist development in Tasmania has been blocked by the state's planning commission, which found the application to rezone 3,000 hectares of agricultural land was not supported by the necessary paperwork.
Australian-listed company Cambria Green applied for the creation of a special development zone in April 2018 to enable the construction of a sprawling complex including 550 accommodation units and hotel rooms, two golf courses and an 80-bed health spa or palliative care unit.
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