CABINET MINUTE DECISION NO . ,, co,e9 BRISBANE, S /3 /19 C/0 Su BJ ECT :_~I:.:n.:.:q!.:u:..:i:.:r~y:___=:i:.::.n.:....:t:..:o~ t:.::.h:..:e:...._:C:....:o:..:.n:....:s:....:e:..::r:....:v:..:.a:....:t:..::i:....:o:..:.n:...!.,---=-M=-=a::.::..n:...:.a:....:.g!.....:e:..:.m.:..:e:...::.n::.....:t=--=a=--=-n=-=d=--=U=--=s=--=e:..........::o=--=f:....__ ____ the Great Sandy Region (including Fraser Island) (Submission No. 0016-:J_ a.m . .f!{o Copies Received at 9-00 s / .3 /19 90 rnR.. , GOSS" c.s ~- Made 43 CIRCULATION DETAILS 1 MR. GOSS Premier's A/e,, 21 ~, 2 22 Conv of r91evant MR. BURNS R/c Housing & LG d 3 ML MACn:NROTH (';)le, 23 · Police I MR. De LACY / ~.,.,.,'f Treasury 4 / ~ R/(..,. 24 I~ Tourism, Sport 5 p,/c_ 25 MR. GIBBS & Racing // . 6 MR. HAMILL P/c_. 26 Transport -2,. ( 7 MR.. WARBURTON Pfc.. 27 DEVET & IA G., 28 -- 8 MR. VAUGHAN R/e, Resource Indus 8 9 MR. CASEY li. A/c.. 29 Primary Indust MR. McELLIGOTT 10 A/c... 30 Health ,~ f rn.evant 11 MR. BRADDY A/e- 31 Education ~ 12 MR. COMBEN Afc 32 Env & Heritage MR. 13 WELLS 33 Attorney-Gener 1 P.Jc J Fam Serv & .,. p·, '") rnlevant 14 MS. WARNER AJ:_, 34 Ab&Is Affrs 15 MR. MILLINER Pf:- 35 Justice and 1 'I. i 16 A/c 36 MR. McLEAN -· 17 MR. p,Jc:_, 37 SMITH d 18 MR. EATON Rje-,, 38 Land 19 39 -r Cf- /( &"'· 0 GOVERNOR I /4/2 :i 't Cl- LO -r~ AN-Sfb~ T 20 40 Master File Y f!xec. D;re,c/v r fStb No . 40 (J./- .3 , 90 Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development The Secretary of Cabinet, 13th Floor, 111A Executive Building, •100 George Street, BRISBANE Q 4000 -Dear Sir, Enclosed are 50 copies of a Cabinet Submission entitled:­ Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of the Great Sandy Region (including Fraser Island) A total of 53 copies of the Submission have been produced. I have arranged distribution of the Submission:- - Copy No. Department/Branch Officer CLLO G. KROSS CLLO G. KROSS 53 CLLO G. KROSS For further information please contact me on 224 6063 Date: 5/3/90. Executive Building, 100 George Street. Brisbane. Q. 4000, Australia. PO Box 185 North Quay. Q. 4002, Australia. Phone: 07 224 2111 ISD: 6172242111 Telex: AA 144599, 144567 Facsimile: 07-229 2990 Copy No. l-~-- C O N F I D E N T I A L C A B I N E T M I N U T E Brisbane, 5 March, 1990 Decision No. 00189 Submission No. 00187 TITLE: Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of the Great - Sandy Region (including Fraser - Island). CABINET decided:- 1. That the draft Order in Council and Terms of Reference for the Inquiry be submitted to the Governor in Council for approval. 2 • That Ministers examine the implications of the Terms of Reference for their respective portfoliios, including budgetary - items. 3 . That the Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development, in conjunction with Mr. Fitzgerald, initiate action to commence the Inquiry. - 4. That discussions be held with the Treasury Department to establish a Budget for the Inquiry . • CIRCULATION: All Chief Executives and copies to all Ministers. Certified True Copy CABINET-IN-CONFIDENCE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION "C" SUBMISSION NO. CABINET SUBMISSION COPY NO. 20 TITLE Inquiry into the Conservation, Management and Use of the Great - Sandy Region ( including Fraser Island) MINISTER Premier, Minister for Economic and Trade Development and Minister - for the Arts. PURPOSE/ISSUES To initiate a comprehensive public Inquiry into the conservation, management and use of the Great Sandy region including Fraser Island. OBJECTIVE OF SUBMISSION To seek endorsement of the draft Order-in-Council, Terms of Reference and procedures for conduct of the Inquiry by Mr G.E. (Tony) Fitzgerald, QC. - URGENCY An expeditious commencement and completion of the Inquiry is imperative in order to honour the pre-election commitment and previous announcements and to resolve the conflict between - competing interests. CONSULTATION Preliminary discussions have _been held with Departments most closely involved in the Inquiry and information is being collated from a variety of sources. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS COSTS RECURRENT TOTAL This financial year (estimated) $250,000 $250,000 Next financial year (estimated) $450,000 $450,000 Subsequent years Nil ARE COSTS AGREED WITH TREASURY? In principle agreement. SOURCE OF FUNDS Consolidated revenue. BUDGET IMPLICATIONS? New appropriation needed. PUBLIC PRESENTATION Appended to this Submission is a copy of the Media Release dated 26th February 1990 in which I announced the appointment of Mr - Fitzgerald. RECOMMENDATIONS that the draft Order-in-Council and Terms of Reference for - the Inquiry be submitted to the Governor-in-Council for approval. that Ministers examine the implications of the Terms of Reference for their respective portfolios, including budgetary items; that the Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development, in conjunction with Mr Fitzgerald, initiate action to commence the Inquiry; that discussions be held with the Treasury Department to - establish a Budget for the Inquiry . / ~ PREMIER, MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER (/ FOR THE ARTS 5th March, 1990. CABINET-IN-CONFIDENCE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION "C" SUBMISSION NO. CABINET SUBMISSION COPY NO. BODY OF SUBMISSION TITLE: INQUIRY INTO THE CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THE GREAT SANDY REGION (INCLUDING FRASER ISLAND) - MINISTER: Premier, Minister for Economic and Trade Development and Minister for the Arts. BACKGROUND 1. In January this year I foreshadowed that the Queensland Government would establish in line with a pre-election - commitment, an Inquiry into the future conservation and management strategy for Fraser Island. ISSUES: 2 . On 26th February 1990 I announced that Mr G.E. (Tony) Fitzgerald, QC had accepted my invitation to inquire, report and make recommendations to Government with respect to the following matters: a. as a matter of priority, the conservation, management - and use of Fraser Island in the public interest with due regard for environmental, recreational, cultural, social, economic, industrial and any other material considerations and the interests of potentially affected - individuals; b. the conservation, management and use of the Great Sandy Region in the public interest with due regard for environmental, recreational, cultural, social, economic,industrial and any other material considerations and the interests of potentially affected individuals; c. the establishment of principles, systems and procedures for the orderly development and implementation of policies, and the resolution of issues or disputes concerning areas of Queensland in relation to which particular regulation or control may be needed for environmental, cultural and other special reasons; and d. any legislation or other action by the Government of the State of Queensland necessary or appropriate to implement or give effect to such recommendations. L..__ - • 2 • 3. Based on discussions with Mr Fitzgerald broad implementation procedures as follows are proposed: A. Initial discussion paper. The Secretariat for the Inquiry will co-ordinate a scoping paper which will clearly delineate the issues under debate and serve as a precursor to the final report. Relevant state Government Departments will be requested to contribute sections of the initial discussion paper indicating policy and management strategy options. Documented reviews and research should form the data base for the scoping paper. B. Contact officers to be nominated in departments. - While some departments will contribute more substantially than others in the Inquiry, all Ministers are being requested to ensure that a suitable contact officer is nominated in each portfolio. The Director-General of my Department which is providing both administrative and technical support to the - Inquiry will write to Chief Executives requesting co-operation and indicating details in this regard. C. Preliminary hearings. In the very near future an advertisement will be placed in major daily newspapers notifying details of an initial hearing and calling for submissions. D. Future hearings. - The preliminary hearings will be used in part to involve the various protagonists and community interests in developing the process for future hearings. A key objective will be to give suitable opportunities to the public to input to the - Inquiry. · OBJECTIVE OF SUBMISSION 4. This Submission seeks endorsement of the Terms of Reference and proposed mode of operation for the Inquiry. A draft Order-in-Council for the appointment of Mr G.E. Fitzgerald, QC to conduct the Inquiry and draft Terms of Reference is attached. URGENCY 5. An expeditious commencement and completion of the Inquiry is imperative in order to honour the pre-election commitment and previous announcements and to resolve conflict between competing interests. We are looking for progressive outcomes and the present target completion date is the end of 1990. 3 • CONSULTATION 6. Preliminary discussions have been held with departments most closely involved in the Inquiry and information is being collated from a variety of sources. The proposed procedures are designed to ensure the widest and fairest possible participation. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS 7 • Mr Fitzgerald is undertaking this task as a community service. However there will be expenditures associated with the Inquiry such as accommodation, facilities, conduct of - Inquiry, inspections and equipment. The majority of expenditure should occur in the next financial year. While full details have yet to be resolved, approximate funding requirements are as follows: - 1989-90 $250,000 1990-91 $500,000 Ministers are requested to examine any implications of this Inquiry for their departmental budgets and advise my Department as soon as possible. Costs have been agreed in principle with the Treasury Department and details will be finalised in the near future. - PUBLIC PRESENTATION 8. Appended to this Submission is a copy of the Media Release dated 26th February 1990 in which I announced the appointment of Mr Fitzgerald.