Ban the Unregistered Use of Gloricide on the Sunshine Coast
Gloricide and its constituent products 2,4-D and Metsulfuron methyl are being used illegally by Council in Endangered Habitat along all Sunshine Coast Dunal Areas, Aquatic Area and Wetlands. Workers are being experimented on with illegal poisons with no oversight at all from the State or Federal Governments due to each claiming "No Jurisdiction''.
SCRC have committed to completing the 5 year Research Project and treating the whole Sunshine Coast Dunal System with this insidious Oestrogen mimicking concoction.
Work Place Health and Safety Queensland have not investigated the legality of using this product or risks local workers are forded to take. An offer has been made to WH&SQ decision makers to be involved in the risk taking, but they have so far declined to take the risks themselves, even on one occasion.
The Government at all levels are not working for the Community, they work for the Industry and are completely removed from any form of logic or decency.
The Federal Government and its Regulator, the Australian Pests and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) claim in the October 2012 Senate Estimates Committee:
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=customrank;page=0;resCount=Default;query=Gloricide (Document #4, p17-18)
that the Federal Government has no duty or Law to regulate new chemical concoctions/Product, developed by SCRC and used indiscriminately by them. It is supposedly a Use of Chemicals issue, thus a State Problem. The State believe it is a Federal Permit and Registration Issue and not within its jurisdiction either. Premier Campbell Newman believes it is in fact a Local Council Issue and not a Federal or State Issue.
''Gloricide'' was given a formal name by 'Sunshine Coast Regional Council' and was issued a Material Data Safety Sheet in 2010 after a years of operating without a MSDS. The hastily prepared MSDS is devoid of any legal requirements, relevant information or required Safety Phrases etc, and claims ''Gloricide'' is Non-Hazardous to users.
SCRC claim this product is acceptable to be used in and around Aquatic Areas and can be applied absolutely everywhere including Critical Habitat for Endangered Species of Amphibians without restriction, apparently under Permit 7250 (http://permits.apvma.gov.au/PER7250.PDF) &11463 (http://permits.apvma.gov.au/PER11463.PDF) .
The APVMA claim in Oct 2012 Senate Estimates Committee Answer 1, that SCRC is only operating under Permit 11463 and not under a Research Permit for an Unregistered Chemical Product.
SCRC and the rest of the Government would like to believe that they have a suitable Permit that allows and authorises them the power and privilege to experiment on the Community and our Environment, fortunately this is not always the case.
Tell the Government, the People run the Country and we will not accept anything less. Change will happen with enough wholehearted support. The former CEO of the APVMA resigned i.e shown the door, last year after complaints regarding providing deliberately false and misleading information and subsequent investigations.
Tell the new APVMA CEO 'Ms Kareena Arthy' (formally from the hopelessly corrupt 'Biosecuity Queensland') that all eyes are looking and she works for us 'The People', not the Chemical Industry or the Corrupt Minister.
Demand the Commonwealth Ombudsman change their decision to ''Refuse to Investigate'' the matter and demand the Queensland Ombudsman stop "refusing to investigate" and allowing this Experiment to continue illegally, risking the lives of workers, effected Community Members and Endangered Species.
Demand the Government stop vandalising our collective land and respect the rule of Law and the people that employ them.