Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has questioned the ending of a community environment grants program that managed community groups and volunteers across the state.
The Environment Minister could not provide an answer in Parliament in regards to the estimated value of volunteers and community groups that fell to the wayside with the budget slash.
“Cutting this program, which successfully facilitated a vast array of volunteers and community groups, is completely nonsensical. Volunteers that looked after our state and assisted in conservation will now have to be replaced by workers hired out of taxpayer’s money, otherwise this important work won't be done.
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