O'Brien's promise to represent bush views on tree clearing looks empty

By Sally Cripps
March 16 2016 - 7:30pm
Best buddies: South West NRM chair Mark O'Brien says he will stress the importance of current vegetation management legislation to landholders with the Premier.
Best buddies: South West NRM chair Mark O'Brien says he will stress the importance of current vegetation management legislation to landholders with the Premier.

In January 2015, when he was campaigning as the ALP candidate for Warrego, Mark O’Brien told the public the then-Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk had asked him to be her “eyes and ears for the bush” and he promised he would represent the bush very strongly on its opposition to the repeal of LNP vegetation management laws.

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