Article 5HMQY Toondah harbour wetlands: developer accused of not being honest about its plans

Toondah harbour wetlands: developer accused of not being honest about its plans

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Lisa Cox
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FOI documents show Walker Corporation assured an international environment group it would do no harm to the protected site while lobbying the Coalition with plans to build on it

A property developer has been accused of misleading an international environment body about the true nature of its plans for an apartment and retail complex at the Ramsar-listed Moreton Bay wetlands in Queensland, after new documents shed more light on its lobbying efforts.

The Guardian has obtained notes under freedom of information from a September 2017 meeting in Switzerland between Walker Corporation and the secretary general of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Martha Rojas-Urrego.

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