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Prison Site or Forest Reserve?
This post reproduces a series of letters relating to the site near Westbury announced by the state government in June as the location for a proposed Northern Regional Prison.
The substantive issues raised include the reserve status of the land and its actual conservation values.
It includes:
– letter dated 26 June by Andrew Ricketts, a private reserve owner, to Premier Peter Gutwein.
– response dated 9 July by Minister for Corrections Elise Archer to Ricketts; copied to Premier.
– reply dated 3 September by Andrew Ricketts addressing issues in the Archer letter, sent to Archer and to Minister for Parks and Reserves and Minister for Planning Roger Jaensch; copied to Premier, Labor Leader Rebecca White, Greens Leader Cassy O’Connor
– additional documents that may help illustrate the issues: National Reserve System IBRA map; CRA Key Fauna Habitat Rare and Threatened Species Map; a map of the prison site.
TASMANIAN TIMES: Northern Prison Questions Remain.
TASMANIAN TIMES: Northern Prison Site Confirmed for Westbury.