He $1.15 biliona hale hoʻokipa hou ma Great Keppel Island ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia e ke Kuhina Kaiapuni ʻo Peter Garrett no ka mea he hopena nui ia i ke ola ma ka Great Barrier Reef.
Ua haʻi ke kuhina i kēia lā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ka papahana no ka mea "ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia" ma lalo o ke kānāwai kaiapuni aupuni ma muli o ka hopena i nā waiwai hoʻoilina o ka honua.
"ʻO nā hopena i nā kaiāulu koʻa kai, nā ʻāina wai kahakai, nā ʻano kai, nā mea ulu o ka mokupuni a me nā ʻano ʻano honua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kēia ʻano nui - ʻo ia nā mea waiwai i loaʻa ke kūlana hoʻoilina honua," wahi a Mr Garrett.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻemi a mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena i kahi pae ʻae ʻia a e hōʻino mau a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kēia mau waiwai."
ʻO ka manaʻo, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka hui ʻo Sydney ʻo Tower Holdings, he hōkele 300 lumi a me ka lā spa, 1700 mau hale hoʻokipa, 300 mau hale hoʻokipa, he 560-berth marina a me ka hui yacht, ferry terminal, hale kūʻai kūʻai, papa kolepa a me ka oval haʻuki.
ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo 14.5 square kilomika, aia ma kahi o 15 mau kilomita mai ke kahakai kokoke i Rockhampton ma waena o Queensland, ua lilo ia i wahi mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana no kona paka aupuni, ka ua a me nā alahele.
Akā, ua hoʻāla ka manaʻo o ka Tower Holdings i ke kūʻē ʻana ma muli o kona nui a me ka hopena i ke kaiaola o ka Great Barrier Reef palupalu, ka ʻōnaehana koʻa nui loa o ka honua.
"ʻO ka Great Barrier Reef kekahi o nā wahi makamae loa o ka honua a lawe mai i nā piliona kālā i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi a Mr Garrett.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo ma hope o kekahi mau hoʻoholo hoʻopaʻapaʻa a Mr Garrett, me kāna ʻae ʻana i ke kūlana o ka mīkini pulp Gunns ma ke awāwa ʻo Tasmania's Tamar Valley a me ʻelua mau manawa mining uranium hou ma South Australia.
I ka mahina i hala, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i kahi papahana hoʻomohala $5.3 biliona i manaʻo ʻia e Waratah Coal no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi laina kaʻaahi a me ka pahu lanahu ma Shoalwater Bay, ma waena o Queensland, me ka haʻi ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli i ka pono kaiaola o ia wahi.
"ʻAʻole wau e kū'ē i ka hoʻomohala kūpono o kā mākou mau kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi, akā naʻu ke kuleana e hōʻoia i ka holomua ʻana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ʻano e kūlike me kā mākou kuleana e pale i ka ʻāina Hoʻoilina o ka Honua no nā hanauna o kēia manawa a me nā hanauna e hiki mai ana."
I ka hana ʻana i kāna hoʻoholo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Garrett ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mua a ka Queensland Environmental Protection Authority e mālama ʻia ka wahi ma kahi mokuʻāina i kūkulu ʻole ʻia a koho ʻia he wahi pale.
Akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka puka e wehe ʻia i kahi noi hou e ʻae ʻia, me ka ʻike ʻana ua "hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo Tower e waiho i kahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēia pae o ka hopena i kēlā mau waiwai".
ʻAʻole i pane ka Tower i kahi noi no ka manaʻo, akā ma ka pūnaewele o ka papahana, ua wehewehe ʻo Pelekikena Terry Agnew i nā kumu o ka hoʻomohala ʻana.
“Eia naʻe, ua hāʻule maikaʻi ka hoʻopukapuka huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina ma hope o nā wahi kahakai ʻē aʻe o Queensland.
“Mai ka wā mua aʻu i hehi ai i ka mokupuni, ua kahaha wau i kona nani a ʻike wau ʻo ia paha ka paradaiso mokupuni ʻoi loa ma Australia.
"Me ke kākoʻo o ka poʻe noho o Central Queensland, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi i ka mokupuni ʻo Keppel Nui i kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui o Australia."
