Please, get your submission to the Committee before next Friday (and let EDO know if you sent one in). 
To make it easy for you, EDO have prepared a basic template you can use as a base for your submission. Remember to take out and fill in all of the highlighted sections as described. The Environmental Defenders Office Qld have also put together a list of key points we suggest you include. Check out  website here.

• Who you or your group are, what are your objectives and any case examples about land clearing
• Reasons why you care about protecting our vegetation – e.g. do you care about:
  • protecting koalas, or other threatened species of concern to you;
  • the impact of tree clearing on  increasing drought in our already drought stricken state – it has now been proven that the more trees we have, the more rain we have;
  • the impact of tree clearing on climate change  – tree clearing causes millions of tonnes of CO2 to be released into our atmosphere;
  • tree clearing near catchments can cause land erosion and run off into our river catchments – the erosion and run off caused by clearing along the Great Barrier Reef catchment banks is a leading cause of impacts to our Reef; or
  • any other issues you are concerned about that are relevant to your area.
• Support the passing of the bill, to protect Queensland’s ecosystems and wildlife. This bill is important particularly because it:
• reinstates the protection of high value regrowth on freehold and indigenous land;
• removes provisions which permit clearing applications for high value agriculture and irrigated agriculture;
• broadens protection of riparian vegetation, especially in the Great Barrier Reef catchments of Burnett Mary, Eastern Cape York and Fitzroy Great Barrier Reef;
• reinstates the application of the riverine protection permit framework to the destruction of vegetation in a watercourse, lake or spring; and
• reinstates a broader requirement for environmental offsets to be required for any residual impact, not just ‘significant’ impacts as is currently provided for in offsets legislation (and has led to only 1 offset being registered for vegetation impacts since 2014).

A hand written letter or text document can be posted / faxed to 07 3553 6699 / emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Postal address Research Director
                      Agriculture and Environment Committee
                      Parliament House
                      BRISBANE QLD 4000

Submissions must include:

• the author’s name and signature
• if the submission is made on behalf of an organisation, the level of approval (e.g. a local branch, executive committee or national organisation)
• mailing address (and email if available)
• daytime telephone number