| SE QLD - State Election 2004 Environmental Report Card | |||||||||||
| This report card was produced based on the actual performance of the parties over the last three years. | |||||||||||
| Produced By Brisbane Region Environment Council | |||||||||||
| Both parties have failed to perform in SEQ over the last three years. The government has "coasted" without seriously improving its understanding or performance. Bushlands have continued to decline in extent and condition. Land degradation has yet to be addressed on the ground. Air quality and the total quantity and types of pollutants released into the air have increased. Coastal zones and off-shore islands continue to be threatened by ill conceived "development". Parts of Moreton Bay continue to see declines in marine species, water quality and other nature conservation values. Inland rivers continue to worsen in terms of environmental flows and overall water quality and the government has failed to grasp financial options to fix this. Sand mining continues to threaten floodplains and the Bay itself, regulation of extractive industries is weak. The EPA is seemingly incapable of enforcing the protection of the environment. Regional planning has focussed on sacrificing the nature of the SEQ region in favour of ever more urban sprawl. | |||||||||||
| The SEQ Nature Conservation Strategy was endorsed and released but there has been no action to implement it. The government has failed to grasp the serious implications of global warming and sea level rise. It has failed to embrace meaningful cuts to greenhouse emissions or plan for climate change in SEQ. Resources to onground environment rehabilitation through environment groups, traditional owners, landcare and catchment committees has been slashed. The appropriate involvement of traditional owners across the board has been largely dismantled across the region. | |||||||||||
| The Coalition has seemingly abandoned its environmental policies and failed to develop any new ones. It has consistently opposed the introduction of state environmental regulations to protect bushland. It has failed to campaign for improved air quality. It has failed to really get behind the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water quality and is still in a partial state of denial about the nature of salinity problems in SEQ. It has failed to embrace the need for environmental allocations of water in SEQ or the urgent need to reduce water use to sustainable levels. The coalition also appears in denial about the reality of climate change. The Coalition appears to have no grasp of what the major environment issues are or how to address them at a state government level. | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 2004 | CHANGE | |||||||||
| ALP | Coalition | MaxScore | ALP | Coalition | MaxScore | ALP | Coalition | ||||
| TRANSPORT OVERALL | 22 | 14 | 60 | 18 | 8 | 60 | -4 | -6 | |||
| ENERGY OVERALL | 21 | 12 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 50 | -3 | -2 | |||
| NATIONAL PARKS OVERALL | 26 | 16 | 60 | 21 | 12 | 60 | -5 | -4 | |||
| WILDLIFE OVERALL | 27 | 22 | 70 | 28 | 15 | 70 | 1 | -7 | |||
| FORESTRY OVERALL | 28 | 14 | 60 | 20 | 12 | 60 | -8 | -2 | |||
| BUSHLANDS OVERALL | 36 | 20 | 70 | 29 | 18 | 70 | -7 | -2 | |||
| WATER OVERALL | 48 | 29 | 90 | 34 | 21 | 90 | -14 | -8 | |||
| LAND DEGRADATION OVERALL | 26 | 18 | 60 | 19 | 13 | 60 | -7 | -5 | |||
| REGIONAL PLANNING OVERALL | 23 | 12 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 50 | -5 | -5 | |||
| FINANCIAL MEASURES OVERALL | 22 | 16 | 70 | 20 | 11 | 70 | -2 | -5 | |||
| TOXICS OVERALL | 28 | 14 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 60 | -9 | -2 | |||
| POLLUTION PREVENTION OVERALL | 29 | 13 | 60 | 22 | 12 | 60 | -7 | -1 | |||
| CLIMATE CHANGE OVERALL | 19 | 12 | 60 | 15 | 6 | 60 | -4 | -6 | |||
| AIR QUALITY OVERALL | 27 | 12 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 50 | -8 | -2 | |||
| Overall Environment Performance | 382 | 224 | 870 | 300 | 167 | 870 | -82 | -57 | |||
| 43.91% | 25.75% | 34.48% | 19.20% | -9.43% | -6.55% | ||||||
| Public Involvement Overall | 51 | 35 | 130 | 39 | 25 | 130 | -12 | -10 | |||