âPolicy vacuumâ: Three decades, three costly plans dumped for prime Perth land
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Experts have called for the government to âget a gripâ , with taxpayers having now paid for three successive strategies for a huge and valuable land parcel in Perth, none of which have been finalised.
Ironically, the land in Perthâs northern suburbs has lain fallow so long that carbon credit revenue alone could potentially cover the costs of a reforestation project that would be Australiaâs biggest carbon farm, says the nationâs peak forestry body.
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