Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Questions without Notice

Environment: Heritage Listing

2:10 pm

Photo of Lin ThorpLin Thorp (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I refer the minister to the overnight decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, rejecting the government's proposal to delist 74,000 hectares of the Tasmanian World Heritage area. Can the minister confirm that the government's justifications were described as 'feeble'—

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