The Save our Stockroutes Email Questionnaire (download pdf) was emailed to over 200 election candidates of the 3 major parties, to the address given on the party website.

 All respondents answered Yes to all the question. (A few candidates did not have email addresses, and several of the addresses were duds.)

The Questions

Q1. Are you in favour of the Queensland Government retaining ownership of the complete 72,000 kilometre Queensland Stock Route Network?     Yes ___   No ___
Comment:

Q2. Do you agree that this network is a wonderful network of corridors for native fauna?      Yes ___   No ___
Comment:

Q3. Do you agree that the Stock Route Network is a valuable bank of native vegetation compared with many nearby developed areas?      Yes ___   No ___
Comment:

Q4. Are you willing, if elected, to support the retention and good management of the Stock Route Network as corridors of Biodiversity?     Yes ___   No ___
Comment:

Q5. Do you consider that the state should contribute financially to the upkeep and management of the Stock Route Network?      Yes ___   No ___
Comment:    

The Responses

ALP;  responses received from John Kelly (Lockyer), and David Gibson (Gympie). Both answered Yes to all five questions with only one comment from John Kelly on Q5: “Happy to consider but need more info”.Margaret Keech gave oral support.

LNP: responses from Adrian Hart (Mansfield), Andrew Powell (Glass House), Mike Horan (Toowoomba South), Leo Perkins (Inala), Andrea Johansen (Albert), Vaughan Johnson (Gregory) and Catherine Johnson (LNP Campaign Headquarters). All responsed Yes to eash question without comment.

Greens: responses received from Roger Callan (Caloundra), James Brown (Logan), Phillip Machanick (Moggil), and Angela Dean (Bulimba); Larissa Waters (Mt Cootha) answered with detailed comments on behalf of the Queensland Greens:.

1.  Are you in favour of the Queensland Government retaining ownership of the complete 72,000 kilometre Queensland Stock Route Network?     Yes
   Comment: The Greens are strongly in favour of Qld’s stock routes remaining in public hands, and were alarmed at reports late last year that the NSW govt, and possibly the Qld govt, was investigating selling some of this valuable land off into private hands.
2. Do you agree that this network is a wonderful network of corridors for native fauna?       Yes
   Comment: Strongly agree. These corridors will become all the more important as our wildlife and its habitat feels the effect of climate change.
3. Do you agree that the Stock Route Network is a valuable bank of native vegetation compared with many nearby developed areas?        Yes
   Comment: Strongly agree. This vegetation is crucial for stock, wildlife, and as a carbon sink.
4. Are you willing, if elected, to support the retention and good management of the Stock Route Network as corridors of Biodiversity?            Yes
   Comment: This will be a high priority for Queensland Greens MPs in Parliament.
5. Do you consider that the state should contribute financially to the upkeep and management of the Stock Route Network?                Yes
   Comment: Agree. We also support federal NRM funding being used for this purpose, and our Food and Agriculture policy supports state contributions to NRM bodies to assist in their core work and extension programs. This would include work contributing to maintaining the good condition of the long paddock.