Decisions, Decisions

For the average bleeding heart small 'l' liberal some things are set in stone; the environment must take precedence over development of all time, aboriginal people were, are and always will be victims who must be supported at any cost. What then, are they going to do about Billy's Lagoon, the cattle station that was supposed to be the great hope for recovery for an aboriginal community in the Gulf Country? Under Peter Beattie's new tree clearing laws, which came into force today a planned 25,000ha clearing program can no longer go ahead, meaning a loss of around 100 projected jobs on the property plus another 100 jobs in the nearby town. Not to mention the extensions that would have been needed to the port of Weipa to handle the grain produced at the development, plus the follow-on projects such as feedlots etc.
Nevermind, the regrowth is safe.