Perth Voice Interactive

MARK McGOWAN and Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker are hosting a community forum to protest the Barnett government’s treatment of the Swan River Trust.

Last week the government introduced a bill to fold the Trust into the WA parks and wildlife department.

Ms Baker claims the cost-cutting measure will strip the Trust of its powers: “They don’t care: they are gamblers, prepared to risk the health of our defining natural heritage feature, just so they can attempt to appease their appetite for development.”

The forum is at The Rise in Maylands on Sunday May 18 at 11am.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK