AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-1999
Qld: Tree clearing rules a Nazi tactic, opposition
Queensland's opposition has accused the state government of adopting Nazi propaganda
tactics to sell its proposed tree-clearing restrictions.
Opposition leader ROB BORBIDGE says mandatory vegetation clearing laws announced yesterday
would be abolished under a Coalition government and replaced by a voluntary or negotiated
code of practice.
The vegetation management legislation was introduced to parliament after government
negotiations with farmers and conservationists failed to reach total agreement.
Under the legislation, one-third of the vegetation that covered the state when Europeans
first landed will be preserved.
But Mr BORBIDGE says slick television advertisements aired on prime-time slots last
night would have taken weeks to produce - which shows the government's negotiations were
insincere.
Mr BORBIDGE has appealed to Queensland's city-dwellers not to be misled by what he
describes as Nazi-style propaganda.
He says thousands of farming families face financial ruin because the tree clearing
rules will hamper their usual farming practices.
AAP RTV bja/sc/kbw/jn
KEYWORD: TREES OPPOSITION (BRISBANE)
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