Current e-Petitions for the Legislative Council

South Coast Marine Park

Eligibility : Residents of Western Australia Only

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We the undersigned ...

request that the current planning process for the establishment of the South Coast Marine Park (SCMP) be halted and that a Parliamentary Inquiry be undertaken to investigate:
1. whether the planning process for the SCMP has been undertaken in accordance with all statutory processes and procedures;
2. the extent to which the planning process has been influenced by environmental lobby groups including, but not limited to, the PEW charitable trust;
3. whether sufficient scientific research has been undertaken to:
a) justify the establishment of the SCMP in the form currently being pursued
b) inform the development of management plans for the proposed SCMP, inclusive of the establishment of sanctuary zones of the scale and locations currently being proposed;
4. whether sufficient research has been undertaken on the social and economic impact of the SCMP on relevant south coast communities.

And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.