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Shadow Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 12, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

LNP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources Andrew Cripps says the new Labor State Government is being “two-faced” about its intentions regarding the vegetation management framework.<\/p>\n

Mr Cripps said last week\u2019s statement by Natural Resources Minister Anthony Lynham reassuring landholders that it was “business as usual” in Queensland and promising consultation before any changes, was “disingenuous and deceptive”.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor violently opposed the sensible changes the LNP made to the vegetation management framework in 2013. Jackie Trad was vitriolic during the debate in the House, exposing the deep Green bias that controls the ALP,\u201d Mr Cripps said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve no doubt rural industry groups have been pleading with Minister Lynham to try and save the balanced changes the LNP made to the Vegetation Management Act (VMA) from being overturned in the face of rampant lobbying by the Greens.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister Lynham\u2019s media release is designed to try and calm down anxious farmers but as the former Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, Jo-Ann Miller, has already stated, Labor will overturn changes made by the LNP to the VMA.*<\/p>\n

\u201cEither Minister Lynham is deliberately misleading rural communities about Labor\u2019s intentions, or he is out of the loop about what Labor promised to the Greens in return for preferences to win seats in south-east Queensland.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Cripps said he hoped Minister Lynham took the time to understand the LNP\u2019s 2013 changes, including exemptions for high value agriculture, self-assessable codes for routine activities and reversing breaches of fundamental legislative principles.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister Lynham has promised to consult, but he needs to come clean and tell industry and landholders what deals have already done with the Greens, because they remember Labor\u2019s so-called vegetation management consultation of the past,\u201d Mr Cripps said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he wants to secure the productivity gains, improved administration and reduced costs to landholders that helped our agriculture sector, he will have to ensure the LNP\u2019s Vegetation Management Act changes are not sacrificed to feed the Green political monster.\u201d<\/p>\n