Gippsland East electorate
Mr T BULL (Gippsland East) (12:51): (6328) My constituency question is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, and the information I seek is whether greater consideration will be given to areas of assessment for public camping. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning is currently assessing a number of riverfront licences in my area; however, it seems very little consideration is being given to these locations. Some of the suggestions are adjacent to existing camping areas that have toilets and facilities there, and we are suggesting riverside camping where there are no toilets, for instance. Others have been suggested very close to commercial caravan parks and camping areas, where you have the owners that are relying on income from campers, and we are going to set up more free camping options in close proximity. There does not appear to be a lot of thought going into the assessment of these locations. We have great concerns over this policy full stop. These assessments are going on in areas where they simply should not be assessed, and I ask the minister to review it.