How to Object

  1. Please cut and paste and email one of the letters on this page! (Letter for locals, Letter for visitors)
  2. Write letters to the Proserpine Guardian and the Whitsunday Times to object. We can help with the wording if you like.
  3. Email, phone, fax or write to as many councillors, State representatives and Federal politicians as you can, as often as you can. Their details are below.
  4. Get your friends, wherever they are in the world, to email the councillors and other politicians.
  5. If you see the councillors on the street, tell them how you feel politely but firmly.
  6. Contact the various State and Federal Ministers listed below and let them know how you feel. If you need help with your objection, please email us

Letter for Locals to send (please copy and paste to Minister Nolan)

EMAIL TO: NaturalResources@ministerial.qld.gov.au
NAME/S:
ADDRESS:
DATE:

To Rachel Nolan MP Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and Art

Re: AIRLIE MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT: OBJECTION TO LAND SWAP

WRC is conducting a survey via their website asking members of our community to choose between two options for the central section of the Airlie Beach Main Street. One of these requires your approval to swap public land for adjacent private land.

The community is being asked to make this important choice without being given unbiased and truthful information.

Survey shortcomings:

  • Neither of these options have been seen by our community prior to this survey
  • Only aerial diagrams are offered for comparison
  • Introduction fails to acknowledge the public land
  • Introduction fails to acknowledge implications of its zoning as a reserve for public open space and parkland
  • The brief pros and cons listed for both options are biased and misleading
  • Detailed and important information has not been made available
  • The survey has no independent auditor and is therefore open to manipulation.

Considering these shortcomings it is highly unlikely our community will be able to make full and informed choices or that this survey will be seen as credible.

THEREFORE: As a Whitsunday resident and/or ratepayer I/we wish to advise:

  • my/our objection to your department approving a land swap of any portion of the public open space adjacent to the Airlie Beach lagoon currently used as temporary carpark, if such land swap is to be used to facilitate the relocation of a privately owned commercial property.

Such relocation will:

  • Severely fragment this public open space
  • Reduce its capacity for public and community use for recreation,
  • Prevent the holding of large community and commercial events
  • Prevent provision of public infrastructure, such as Bowen’s planned foreshore water park for children

    • Such approval would be:

    • Contrary to Most Appropriate Use (MAU) legislation.
    • Contrary to the Policies and Guiding principles of the Land Act
    • Contrary to Whitsunday Town Plan building lines
    • Set a precedent for adjacent land owners to apply for use of this public land

    Unfortunately until this particular land swap proposal has been refused by your department it will be used by vested interests as an excuse to delay the Airlie Beach Main Street redevelopment which overall concept I/we approve and wish to see commenced as soon as possible

    I/we respectfully request that you act immediately to advise the relevant authorities that your department will not approve any such land swap proposal.

    Yours sincerely,

    Letter for Non-Locals to send (please copy and paste to Minister Nolan)

    EMAIL TO: NaturalResources@ministerial.qld.gov.au
    NAME/S:
    ADDRESS:
    DATE:

    To Rachel Nolan MP Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and Art

    Re: AIRLIE MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT: OBJECTION TO LAND SWAP

    As a person who has holidayed in Airlie Beach several/many times, I/we wish to advise:

    My/our objection to your department approving a land swap of any portion of the public open space adjacent to the Airlie Beach lagoon currently used as temporary carpark, if such land swap is to be used to facilitate the relocation of a privately owned commercial property.

    Such relocation will:

    • Severely fragment this public open space
    • Reduce its capacity for public and community use for recreation,
    • Prevent the holding of large community and commercial events
    • Prevent provision of public infrastructure, such as Bowen’s planned foreshore water park for children
    • Severely damage Airlie Beach as a holiday location,
    • Compromise one of the reasons visitors decide to visit Airlie Beach
    • Significantly reduce the quality of visitor experience

    Such approval would be:

    • Contrary to Most Appropriate Use (MAU) legislation.
    • Contrary to the Policies and Guiding principles of the Land Act
    • Contrary to Whitsunday Town Plan building lines
    • Set a precedent for adjacent land owners to apply for use of this public land

    Unfortunately until this particular land swap proposal has been refused by your department it will be used by vested interests as an excuse to delay the Airlie Beach Main Street redevelopment which overall concept I/we approve and wish to see commenced as soon as possible

    I/we respectfully request that you act immediately to advise the relevant authorities that your department will not approve any such land swap proposal.

    Yours sincerely,

    Whitsunday Regional Council

    State government

    cabinet.qld.gov.au

    Anna Bligh MP OK
    Premier and Minister for Reconstruction
    Ph: 3224 4500
    thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au

    Andrew Fraser MP OK
    Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade
    Ph: 3224 6900
    deputypremierandtreasurer@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Jan Jarratt MP OK
    Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business
    Ph: 3224 2004
    tmasb@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Vicky Darling MP OK
    Minister for Environment
    Ph: 3239 0844
    derm@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Paul Lucas MP OK
    Attorney-General, Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State
    Ph: 3224 4600
    attorneygeneral@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Craig Wallace MP OK
    Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure
    Ph 3896 3691
    mainroads@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Tim Mulherin MP
    Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies
    Ph 3239 3000
    agriculture@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Rachel Nolan MP
    Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and The Arts
    Ph: 3224 2880
    finance@ministerial.qld.gov.au

    Federal Government

    Contact info for all senators
    Contact info for all Federal MPs