Q: While all may be important, what is your biggest concern about turning pastoral stations into National Parks?
A: Feral animals getting out of control

Q: Do you support creating more National Parks in western NSW?
A: No

Q: Have you seen any environmental benefits from National Parks? (e.g. protecting native species)
A: Yes

Q: Have you seen any economic benefits from National Parks in your area? (e.g. tourism)
A: No

Q: Are you happy with how National Parks are currently managed in western NSW?
A: No

Q: Is there anything else you'd like to share?
A: The people making these decisions sit in glass towers in Sydney. They have no clue how hard it is for people to live and work in remote parts of the state with little or no infrastructure spending going on. The millions being “wasted” on buying these huge tracts of land could have gone to more practical uses like improving public transport, reinstating our passenger rail services and other basic needs to keep towns alive. It’s all very well buying up these massive properties but unless the government also puts money aside to maintain these huge national parks into the future, it should not be done. At the moment, all that’s happening is for these parks to become huge breeding grounds for wild pigs, feral cats wild dogs and other pests. This is course negates their use as environmentally protected areas. In other words, money down the drain – literally.

Q: Is there anything else you'd like to share?
A: The people making these decisions sit in glass towers in Sydney. They have no clue how hard it is for people to live and work in remote parts of the state with little or no infrastructure spending going on. The millions being “wasted” on buying these huge tracts of land could have gone to more practical uses like improving public transport, reinstating our passenger rail services and other basic needs to keep towns alive. It’s all very well buying up these massive properties but unless the government also puts money aside to maintain these huge national parks into the future, it should not be done. At the moment, all that’s happening is for these parks to become huge breeding grounds for wild pigs, feral cats wild dogs and other pests. This is course negates their use as environmentally protected areas. In other words, money down the drain – literally.

Q: Is there anything else you'd like to share?
A: The lock it and leave mentality of NP’s is dangerous and contradictory to it’s purpose leaving it to burn in massive bush fires due to lack of controlled fuel reduction burns, the damage caused to native fawner and flora due to miss management of invasive feral species and the exclusion of responsible recreational hunters and the loss of prim agricultural land to NP’s at the same time as loosing prim land to do called renewables projects will continue to reduce Australia ability to be self sufficient and more reliant on imported inferior products and produce. Australia has the best agricultural land producing the best most desirable produce we should be focusing on strengthening this sector of our country and economy not destroying it

Q: Would you be interested in being paid to improve the environment on your own land under a Conservation Agreement?
A: Yes

Q: What would make you more supportive of western National Parks?
A: Making them pay rates to Councils

Q: What would help most with controlling feral animals?
A: Allowing conservation hunting in western National Parks

Q: What would help most with controlling feral animals?
A: Allowing conservation hunting in western National Parks

Q: What is your third biggest concern?
A: Councils losing rates income

Q: What is your second biggest concern?
A: Losing a pastoral business that helps the local economy

Q: While all may be important, what is your biggest concern about turning pastoral stations into National Parks?
A: Feral animals getting out of control

Q: Do you support creating more National Parks in western NSW?
A: No

Q: Have you seen any environmental benefits from National Parks? (e.g. protecting native species)
A: No

Q: Have you seen any economic benefits from National Parks in your area? (e.g. tourism)
A: No

Q: Are you happy with how National Parks are currently managed in western NSW?
A: No

Q: Would you be interested in being paid to improve the environment on your own land under a Conservation Agreement?
A: No

Q: What would make you more supportive of western National Parks?
A: Clearer rules for converting pastoral stations to parks

Q: What would help most with controlling feral animals?
A: Allowing conservation hunting in western National Parks

Q: What is your third biggest concern?
A: Feral animals getting out of control

Q: What is your second biggest concern?
A: High purchase prices stopping new farmers

Q: While all may be important, what is your biggest concern about turning pastoral stations into National Parks?
A: Losing a pastoral business that helps the local economy

Q: Do you support creating more National Parks in western NSW?
A: No

Q: Have you seen any environmental benefits from National Parks? (e.g. protecting native species)
A: No

Q: Have you seen any economic benefits from National Parks in your area? (e.g. tourism)
A: No

Q: Are you happy with how National Parks are currently managed in western NSW?
A: No