Great Barrier Reef legislation the new regulation battle

Sally Gall
Updated March 5 2019 - 11:18am, first published March 4 2019 - 10:30pm
Sugarcane farmer Vince Papale at his property at Home Hill, 90 kilometres south of Townsville, in 2016, where he built a wetland that traps and filters pollution off his farm. Photo by Jason South.
Sugarcane farmer Vince Papale at his property at Home Hill, 90 kilometres south of Townsville, in 2016, where he built a wetland that traps and filters pollution off his farm. Photo by Jason South.

Bureaucratic intrusions, regulations that cause more problems than they solve, undermining momentum - these are a selection of the comments that agricultural industry bodies have greeted the introduction of new reef protection laws with.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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