Tanya Plibersek rejects Toondah Harbour project over impact on globally significant wetlands

Walker Corporation had proposed 3,000 apartments, marina and shops for the site, which is a critical habitat for the endangered eastern curlew

Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?
To the moon and back with the eastern curlew

The environment and water minister, Tanya Plibersek, has announced she will reject an apartment and retail development on an internationally important wetland at Queensland's Moreton Bay.

Plibersek said on Tuesday she would refuse Walker Corporation's Toondah Harbour project - first proposed eight years ago and opposed by a long-running community campaign backed by scientists and conservationists - because it would have an unacceptable impact on the Ramsar site.

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