Developers Walk Away From Huge Wetlands Project

Published on April 18, 2024

Developers for a project worth more than $1 billion on Queensland wetlands have withdrawn their application. Walker Corporation told Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek it will shelve plans for development of Toondah Harbour, east of Brisbane, after she found removing 58.7 hectares from the internationally protected wetland was an unacceptable risk. Ms. Plibersek on April 9 gave Walker Corporation 10 days to respond to her draft decision. “Walker Corporation (Walker) has today withdrawn its application for the Toondah Harbour Development,” the company said. “It is a project that set out to deliver housing, state infrastructure and public domain areas but we acknowledge and respect the minister’s proposed decision, that she does not believe the project in its current form, provides the necessary protections for the environment....

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