Paper Petition

The petition of residents of the State of Queensland draws to the
attention of the House to the plans to breach the trust of Queensland
residents by developing rail freight yards at Parkinson (1RP204756 and
2RP218926). Despite assurances from both sides of the house, and a "cast
iron guarantee" from the Hon Peter Beattie that these yards would never
be developed, Queensland Rail is proposing to develop rail freight
facilities on this site. This will have serious adverse impacts on the
nearly 100,000 residents immediately effected by this development and
sever the regionally important wildlife corridor between Karawatha Forest
and Greenbank Military Training Area.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to:

• Honour its pledge to the people of Queensland, and immediately withdraw
the plans to develop this site
• The Premier and the Leader of the Opposition both provide written
assurances that this development will not proceed
• That the South East Queensland Regional Plan be amended to exclude
these sites from the urban footprint
• Ownership of these properties be transferred from Queensland Rail to an
environmental custodian
• That these properties be included in the "Glider Forest" conservation
park