Frydenberg proposed delisting part of wetland to allow Queensland's Toondah Harbour development
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5B4S6)
Exclusive: Letter obtained under FoI shows Frydenberg wanted to change Ramsar protections but maintain ecological character'
The former federal environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, proposed removing protections from an area of internationally significant wetlands after he was lobbied by a developer wanting to build 3,000 apartments at Moreton Bay in Queensland.
A letter, obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws, shows Frydenberg wrote to the Queensland government in 2017 about Walker Corporation's proposed Toondah Harbour apartment and retail complex to suggest the two governments jointly create a proposal to delist part of the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland.
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