Don't Miss the Moment!

Call to action! Every BIEPA Member:

Go to scec.org.au and find "Don't Break the Break" - Complete your submission.

You have one week before submissions close on Monday 8th December.

It is desperately urgent for members to write a submission about the latest proposed Coochin Creek development. We need your help to stop irreparable damage to our region.

You may be confused (perhaps a deliberate ploy by the Developer) as we all just submitted against the proposed Tourist Park on a nearby site. But we must keep clear in mind that TWO huge developments are proposed on the banks of Pumicestone Passage, both of which will irreversibly damage our internationally significant waterway.

This waterway's breathtaking natural beauty is loved by everyone in the region, as a rare jewel supporting all kinds of wildlife. It is a symbol of the natural values prized by our community, as evidenced by repeated public surveys which identify protecting and valuing natural habitat as a top priority for government.

The same developer will shortly be applying to develop high rise blocks at Sandstone Point as well, so keep an eye open for the call for submissions on that one too.

For now though BIEPA, and our partners in the Coochin Creek Call-ins Coalition need you to focus on your submission to halt the Comiskey Group's plans to build a 35,000 person per day music and festival venue on the banks of Pumicestone Passage. BIEPA is utterly opposed to this plan. There are other options for this type of development, ones which don't:

1 Compromise the integrity of the vital Northern Inter-Urban Break (protected green belt which provides a buffer between Moreton and Sunshine Coast).

2 Threaten scores of thousands of shorebirds.

3 Risk human disaster by bringing 100 buses and 4000 cars down a tiny, rural, flood prone lane in a known bushfire zone.

4 Create massive noise pollution throughout the region multiple times a year.

5 Remove this tranquil beauty spot as a community retreat.

6 Ignore our obligations to protect this internationally recognised Ramsar listed waterway.

7 Overrule the expert views of the region's council, as well as the Government's own planning advisers (SARA).

8 Give the impression that the process is not transparent, fair or in the public interest.

All this is under threat. The Queensland Government professes to being "committed to a transparent planning framework", but in this case the Minister for State Development 

is considering overruling both his own State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA), 

and the Sunshine Coast Council, who rejected the plan.

Only huge community pressure can persuade the Queensland Government to keep to it's own rules. It's vital you play your part. Click the link, follow the instructions, and make your submission today.

scec.org.au

Pumicestone Passage deserves protection. If inappropriate development is allowed, the damage is irreversible