Heritage listing of Alpine National Park
Federal Environment and Heritage Minister Ian Campbell has issued an emergency heritage listing of the Alpine National Park in order to maintain the cultural heritage of the Cattlemen.
My first reaction is something to the effect of ‘Hey, that sounds like the Franklin Damn case.’ However I wonder whether the listing has destruction over the licenses. I suspect that they don’t.
It seems to me that not renewing the grazing licenses is more like just not giving a casual employee and my shifts – effectively firing them without firing them. While I’m far from an expert I suspect that, constitutionally, you cannot force a state government to license someone. Furthermore, if this is the case, then it is simply a massive waste of government money as this unwinnable battle is taken to the High Court. Oh, to be a QC.
But this case is just Bizarre any way. What kind of Environment Minister says: “..my own view is that just banning something altogether is a very lazy and unsophisticated way to increase and improve biodiversity.” What do you call quarantine, or national parks for that matter where you specifically keep feral animals out to maintain biodiversity?
