Cape Tribulation Daintree Rainforest

Hon Craig Wallace, Minister for Natural Resources and Water met with traditional owners and Cooper Creek Wilderness on Thursday 30 November 2008, when Queensland Government came to Cairns.

Mr Wallace has promised that the Kaba Gada Reserve will be protected as an Environmental and Cultural Reserve.  It will not be a “recreational reserve.”

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The onslaught on the integrity of the “Blue Hole” continued over the weekend.  A local resident was distressed to find a number of men, all fully decked out in scuba gear, removing live fish by the bucketload.

The poachers came in 2 cars and he was able to get their registration numbers.  The information was reported to authorities.  Once again the official buck-passing began.  Who is responsible for the management and protection of the most sacred place in the Daintree Rainforest?

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