How to take action to save Lizard Rock
There are three actions you can take to help save Lizard Rock:
1) 📣 URGENT❗Write to the Minister for Emergency Services
2) Mail a Paper Lizard to the Minister for Planning
3) Write to the other Ministers responsible
1) Write to the Emergency Services Minister
The proposal currently hinges on the position of the NSW Rural Fire Service. We are encouraging people to write to the Minister responsible for emergency services, The Hon Jihad Dib MP, and ask him to:
- Urge the RFS to continue to oppose this project and avoid building homes where we know future residents will be at risk of bushfire with limited evacuation options.
- Consider his duty of care to the employees and volunteers with RFS and NSW Fire+Rescue whose lives will be put at risk defending this site from bushfires.
If you need help writing a letter, we have a template linked below which you can copy paste.
2) Help us mail 1,000 paper lizards to Minister for Planning, Paul Scully, asking him to save Lizard Rock.
It's our twist on the traditional Japanese folk practice of folding a 1,000 paper cranes for good health and peace.
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Download a Lizard |
Add a brief message |
Mail your Lizard |
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You can pick one of our lizard templates to decorate, or draw your own. |
Write the words 'Save Lizard Rock' or any message to the Minister for Planning asking him to protect the bushland and wildlife at Lizard Rock. |
The Hon. Paul Scully, MP |
3) If you're really keen, you can also write to the relevant ministers:
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Write to 5 Ministers |
Why? |
Template letter |
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The Hon. Paul Scully MP Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Post: GPO Box 5341 Email: |
The Minister has the power to refuse approval for the Lizard Rock planning proposal. | |
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The Hon. Stephen Kamper MP Minister for Lands and Property Post: GPO Box 5341 Email: |
A number of paper roads which are owned by Crown Lands are required for the Lizard Rock project. These are publicly owned land that should be kept in public hands for bushwalk access, conservation, and future needs. | |
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The Hon. Jihad Dib MP Email: |
The land at Lizard Rock is mapped as bushfire risk by Northern Beaches Council. It is unacceptable to build new housing estates in areas of high risk, and put RFS volunteers and Fire+Rescue employees lives at risk defending the properties. | |
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The Hon. Penny Sharpe, MLC Minister for Climate Change, Minister for the Environment Post: GPO Box 5341 Email: |
The land at Lizard Rock has environmental significance for flora and fauna, and forms part of a wildlife corridor connecting Garigal National Park, Narrabeen Lagoon State Park, and bushland on private and public land. | |
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The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Water Post: PO Box 6022 Email: |
See above. |