$1.4 Billion Queensland Harbour Project Rejected on Environmental Grounds

A $1.4 billion (US$930 million) harbour project in Queensland is likely to be abolished after nearly a decade of planning due to concerns about its environmental impacts. This comes as federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek proposed to reject the development of the Toondah Harbour near the city of Brisbane. The project, initiated by the Walker Corporation, was intended to be a mix of residential, commercial, retail, and tourism developments and be built in part of a wetland protected under the government’s environmental policy. The plan for construction phase was to dredge the wetland and use the sediment obtained for a process of land reclamation over a 15-to-20-year period....