Caption Cape York wetlands.
Photo Kerry Trapnell/TWS

Tony Abbott is currently running a misleading campaign to scrap Queensland’s Wild Rivers Act. If Abbott wins the support from just two more of the independents in Federal Parliament - Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor or Andrew Wilkie - as well as Senator Nick Xenophon in the Senate, he could succeed.
Such action would threaten the significant progress to date protecting many of Queensland’s wild rivers including the recent win for the Wenlock River and the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve on Cape York. This campaign run in the guise of protecting Indigenous land rights is designed to allow destructive development such as intensive agriculture and mining in Queensland’s most ecologically important rivers and waterways.

What you can do

Please find the time to send a letter showing your support for Queensland’s Wild Rivers Act to:

• Prime Minister Julia Gillard 
• Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott
• The Independent MPs Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor and Andrew Wilkie and
• The Independent member of the Senate, Senator Nick Xenophon the independent member of the Senate.
• Don’t forget to cc the Premier so she is aware of your support for this progressive legislation.

What Wildlife Queensland is doing

Wildlife Queensland has written to the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and the independents expressing our concern for the future protection of Queensland Wild Rivers and the Wild Rivers Act. 

For more information

• Wild Rivers and Marine Parks at Risk in this Election - August 2010
• The Wenlock River runs wild - July 2010
• Wild Rivers Update: Wenlock River needs your help!
• Wenlock River: declare it a Wild River now
• Support Cape York Wild Rivers declaration
• Let all Queensland's wild rivers run

For more information on Wildlife Queensland's activities, call us on +61 7 3221 0194 or send us an email.