Indawo entsha yabakhenkethi ebiza i-1.15 yezigidi zeerandi kwiGreat Keppel Island iye yabuya uMphathiswa Wezendalo uPeter Garrett kuba izakuba nefuthe elikhulu kubomi kwiGreat Barrier Reef.
Umphathiswa namhlanje ubhengeze ukuba le projekthi ayinakuqhubekeka ngenxa yokuba "yayingamkelekanga ngokucacileyo" phantsi komthetho wendalo esingqongileyo wesizwe ngenxa yempembelelo kwixabiso leLifa leMveli leHlabathi lalo mmandla.
"Iimpembelelo kuluntu lwekorale elunxwemeni, imigxobhozo eselunxwemeni, iintlobo zezilwanyana zaselwandle, izityalo zesiqithi kunye nokwakheka komhlaba kophuhliso lomlinganiselo omkhulu kunokuba zikhulu kakhulu - ezi ziinqobo ezithe zafumana iwonga lelifa lehlabathi," utshilo uMnu Garrett.
"Ndikholelwa ukuba ezi mpembelelo azinakuncitshiswa okanye zilawulwe ukuya kwinqanaba elamkelekileyo kwaye zinokonakalisa ngokusisigxina kwaye zithobe ezi nqobo."
Isindululo, sixhaswa yinkampani yaseSydney i-Tower Holdings, ibandakanya ihotele enamagumbi angama-300 kunye ne-spa yosuku, ii-villas ze-1700, iindawo zokuhlala ze-300, i-560-berth marina kunye ne-yacht club, i-terminal ye-ferry, i-retail village, ibala legalufu kunye ne-oval yezemidlalo.
Isiqithi se-14.5 square kilometer, esilele malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukusuka kunxweme kufuphi ne-Rockhampton kumbindi weQueensland, iye yaba yimecca yabakhenkethi edume ngepaki yayo yesizwe, ihlathi elinemvula kunye neendle.
Kodwa isiphakamiso seTower Holdings siye sabangela inkcaso ngenxa yobungakanani bayo kunye nefuthe kwi-ecology yeGreat Barrier Reef eethe-ethe, eyona nkqubo inkulu yehlabathi yekorale.
“IGreat Barrier Reef yenye yezona ndawo zixabisekileyo kwihlabathi kwaye izisa iibhiliyoni zeedola kuqoqosho lwethu minyaka le,” utshilo uMnu Garrett.
Esi sigqibo silandela uninzi lwezigqibo eziphikisanayo ezenziwa nguMnu Garrett, kubandakanywa imvume yakhe enemiqathango yeGunns pulp mill eTasmania's Tamar Valley kunye namathuba amabini amatsha emigodi yeuranium eMzantsi Ostreliya.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo wakhaba isicwangciso esicetywayo se-5.3 yeebhiliyoni zophuhliso lwe-Waratah Coal ukwakha umzila kaloliwe kunye ne-terminal yamalahle e-Shoalwater Bay, nayo kumbindi we-Queensland, echaza isongelo kwingqibelelo yendalo yendawo.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo andikuchasanga uphuhliso olufanelekileyo lwemifanekiso yethu yabakhenkethi, kodwa ndinoxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukuba uphuhliso luqhubeka ngendlela ehambelana nezibophelelo zethu zokukhusela indawo yeLifa leHlabathi ukwenzela ukuba izizukulwana zangoku nezexesha elizayo zixhamle.”
Ekwenzeni isigqibo sakhe, uMnu Garrett uthe wayebhekiselele kwisindululo sangaphambili nguGunyaziwe woKhuseleko lweNdalo yaseQueensland ukuba indawo leyo igcinwe kwindawo engaphuhliswanga kwaye ikhethwe njengendawo ekhuselweyo.
Kodwa uye washiya umnyango ovulekileyo kwisiphakamiso esitsha esivunyiweyo, ephawula ukuba i-Tower "yamkelekile ukuba ingenise esinye isindululo kwixesha elizayo elingenalo le nqanaba lempembelelo kuloo maxabiso".
I-Tower ayizange iphendule kwisicelo sokuphawula, kodwa kwiwebhusayithi yeprojekthi, usihlalo uTerry Agnew wachaza izizathu zokuphuhliswa.
Ngelishwa, utyalo-mali kwezokhenketho kulo mmandla lusilele emva kweminye imimandla eselunxwemeni yaseQueensland.
“Ukuqala kwam ukunyathela esi siqithi, ndamangaliswa bubuhle baso yaye ndandisazi ukuba mhlawumbi esi sesona siqithi separadesi sibalaseleyo eOstreliya.
“Sisebenzisana nenkxaso yabemi bakuMbindi weQueensland, sinako ukutshintsha iSiqithi iGreat Keppel sibe yenye yezona ndawo zinomtsalane kubakhenkethi eOstreliya.”
