Queensland Govt to Issue Call-in Notice for Quarry

Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie
  • The Crisafulli Government will issue a proposed call-in notice for the proposed Boral Resources Quarry at Reedy Creek.
  • Decision follows significant community feedback and concerns about the impact of the proposed development.
  • Community and stakeholders now have 10 business days to submit feedback on whether the project should be called in or not.
  • The Crisafulli Government is ensuring communities have confidence in planning processes after a decade of decline under Labor where lack of consultation created frustration and eroded trust.

The Crisafulli Government will issue a proposed call-in notice for a planned quarry at Reedy Creek on the Gold Coast.

The proposed call in follows a request last week from Members of Parliament Ros Bates, Laura Gerber, and Hermann Vorster to the Deputy Premier raising concerns about the application, including the integrity of the submission period.

Under the proposed call-in, the Deputy Premier will write to the applicant, Gold Coast City Council, and submitters on the current application, inviting their feedback over a 10-day consultation period on whether the project should be called in.

The Crisafulli Government is ensuring communities have confidence in planning processes after a decade of decline under Labor where lack of consultation created frustration and eroded trust.

Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod Bleijie said the proposed call-in was about restoring confidence that community concerns were fully understood and properly considered.

"Queenslanders deserve transparency and confidence in planning decisions and residents want to be taken seriously when projects of this magnitude are proposed near their homes," Deputy Premier Bleijie said.

"By initiating this proposed call in, we're taking the time to test whether the right questions have been asked, the right information has been considered, and whether the community has had a genuine opportunity to be heard."

Submissions will be reviewed before a final decision is made on whether to call in the application.

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