Claims by the State Government that a $116.2 million package included in its budget is a boost for Parks and Biodiversity is downright misleading.
Of that total, $52.7 million is allocated for fuel reduction burning, a further $10 million is set aside to upgrade infrastucture at Point Nepean and $4 million to upgrade jetties. There are other allocations for visitor facilities, cycling and walking tracks and the 'ecological thinning' of trees which will presumably support the timber industry pulp mills. So the amount left which could loosely be described having any biodiversity value is less than $30 million - just 25% of the Government's "boost for Parks and Biodiversity" budget fantasy.
Oh dear!!!!!!
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biodiversity, victorian state budget
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