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The Age
25-05-2025
- General
- The Age
Black cockatoo battle erupts south of Perth as sand mine looms
A battle is brewing in the southern Perth foothills with hundreds of people gathering at the weekend to protest against a sand mine set to clear hectares of banksia woodland in Oldbury. Ian and Dannie Morrow live within 500 metres of the proposed mine, but say their overwhelming concern is the potential destruction of 11.6 hectares of endangered black cockatoo habitat. 'The black cockatoos are struggling. They are coming into the wildlife centres starving, emaciated. They have no food left,' Ian Morrow said. 'When they fly over, the kids put down the iPad and go outside to watch them with us. It stops us in our tracks, they are so amazing; we want this species to endure for our kids and for their children.' Conservationists say the proposed clearing footprint represents vital feeding and roosting grounds for forest red-tailed and Carnaby's black cockatoos, and the Conservation Council of WA has launched a petition against it saying this is a vital ecological corridor between nearby wetlands. The mine has a troubled history, with locals fighting it since 2013. The global company now called Heidelberg Materials (previously known as Hanson Construction Materials/Rocla Quarry Products) had planning permission knocked back by the Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire, but the shire was forced to back down after the company applied to the State Administrative Tribunal. The state government then issued a native vegetation clearing permit – two months before the federal government declared banksia woodlands a threatened ecological community. Now, both planning and clearing permissions have expired, and the shire has backed its residents by again knocking back planning permission. Another SAT trial will begin in a fortnight, with the shire expecting to fork out up to $50,000 in fees to defend its position.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-05-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Black cockatoo battle erupts south of Perth as sand mine looms
A battle is brewing in the southern Perth foothills with hundreds of people gathering at the weekend to protest against a sand mine set to clear hectares of banksia woodland in Oldbury. Ian and Dannie Morrow live within 500 metres of the proposed mine, but say their overwhelming concern is the potential destruction of 11.6 hectares of endangered black cockatoo habitat. 'The black cockatoos are struggling. They are coming into the wildlife centres starving, emaciated. They have no food left,' Ian Morrow said. 'When they fly over, the kids put down the iPad and go outside to watch them with us. It stops us in our tracks, they are so amazing; we want this species to endure for our kids and for their children.' Conservationists say the proposed clearing footprint represents vital feeding and roosting grounds for forest red-tailed and Carnaby's black cockatoos, and the Conservation Council of WA has launched a petition against it saying this is a vital ecological corridor between nearby wetlands. The mine has a troubled history, with locals fighting it since 2013. The global company now called Heidelberg Materials (previously known as Hanson Construction Materials/Rocla Quarry Products) had planning permission knocked back by the Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire, but the shire was forced to back down after the company applied to the State Administrative Tribunal. The state government then issued a native vegetation clearing permit – two months before the federal government declared banksia woodlands a threatened ecological community. Now, both planning and clearing permissions have expired, and the shire has backed its residents by again knocking back planning permission. Another SAT trial will begin in a fortnight, with the shire expecting to fork out up to $50,000 in fees to defend its position.
