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Paperweight: MP Greg Hunt helps GetUp protesters carry their Great Barrier Reef anti-dredging petition into his Hastings office. Picture: Yanni
Petition procession GetUp sees dredging plan as reef madness By Keith Platt ORANGE T-shirts, costumes fashioned on marine creatures and a couple of guide dogs in training were part of the procession that made its way to the Hastings office of Environment Minister Greg Hunt. The line of about 100 GetUp supporters yesterday (Monday) wound its way from outside the Pelican Park
Recreation Centre on the foreshore to a courtyard outside Mr Hunt’s office. Four were ushered into the office where a waiting Mr Hunt was presented with a 240,000-signature petition calling on him to prevent a “coal-shipping superhighway” being dredged on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef. GetUp says Mr Hunt can stop three million cubic metres of seabed being dug up to provide deeper and wider
shipping channels through the World Heritage-listed reef. It may be a long way from Hastings, but GetUp saw the protest march as “our chance to be heard before Minister Hunt makes any decisions that risk causing irreparable damage to our reef”. The protesters almost missed their chance as Mr Hunt’s schedule did not allow for unexpected delays.
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As previously arranged, Mr Hunt was waiting at his office for the marchers, but they did not start walking until their photographer–filmmaker arrived about half an hour late. Apparently his car had broken down. As the accessible Mr Hunt spoke to protesters outside, one of his minders was recording the event on a smartphone. Neither Mr Hunt’s man or GetUp’s
cameraman was inside the office to record the petition handover. GetUp says the petition presented to Mr Hunt was one its “largest of all time” and sent “a massive message to our government about protecting our reef”. The marchers were told that once they were outside Mr Hunt’s office, their “job” would be “to stand around, smile and watch”.
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