Right to Climb

Minister Sharpe has completed her official duties in regard to the e-petition with the standard head in the sand response (see copy below), joining the same congo line of bureaucratic indifference established by the previous Minister Matt Kean . If this gets your goat up join us at the Mt Warning carpark on 3rd of August at 10:00am when we celebrate the 95th anniversary of the park and recreate the 1929 opening ceremony. Link to event .

I've been asked a few times about issuing a Freedom of Information request on the cultural reasons behind the closure of Mt Warning.  Redacted! I completed such a request back in February 2021. This resulted in the release of a large amount of information including the fact that NPWS had a closure date in place while they were playing the game of rolling "temporary" closures throughout 2020-2022. It also revealed NPWS had made a substantial error in providing risk information about the park to the public and then Minister Matt Kean (See this post ).  Documents were requested that related to discussions between NPWS and the Wollumbin Consultative Group. The WCG are the secretive group NPWS engaged to provide advice on Aboriginal issues in the park. It is now well established (see my book ) that the group does not represent the interests of the Group with the closest cultural connection to the mountain, the Ngarakwal people, who encourage visitors to climb the summit. All t...