Consultation on proposed amendments to the protected area estate

Closed: 22 October 2026 11.59pm
Topic: Queensland parks and wildlife
Type: Public notice and consultation
Region: Outback Queensland; Tropical North Queensland

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the protected area estate and are seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the protected area estate and is seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The aim of dedicating and declaring new or amending existing protected areas is to preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the area’s natural condition, to protect the area’s cultural resources and values and to provide for ecologically sustainable activities and ecotourism.

Please see sketches of the proposed amendments.

The amendments proposed to be made are as follows:

Tenure	Local Government Area	Details of proposal
Goneaway Tablelands National Park	Barcoo Shire Longreach Regional Winton Shire	Dedicate: lot 2 on SP357646, containing an area of about 190,000 hectares, as part of Goneaway Tablelands National Park, about 123 kilometres west of Longreach. The dedication area has high regional ecosystem representation and provides suitable habitat for rare and threatened species, including the Opalton grass wren, purple-necked rock wallaby and night parrot. Note: Goneaway National Park is proposed to be renamed as Goneaway Tablelands National Park in October 2026, ahead of these amendments.
Keatings Lagoon National Park	Cook Shire	Change the class: of Keatings Lagoon National Park to allow the area to be dedicated as Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land).
Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)	Cook Shire	Dedicate: Keatings Lagoon National Park, described as lot 97 on SP342978, containing an area of 45.99 hectares as Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land).

Tenure

Local Government Area

Details of proposal

Goneaway Tablelands National Park

Barcoo Shire

Longreach Regional

Winton Shire

Dedicate:

lot 2 on SP357646, containing an area of about 190,000 hectares, as part of Goneaway Tablelands National Park*, about 123 kilometres west of Longreach.

The dedication area has high regional ecosystem representation and provides suitable habitat for rare and threatened species, including the Opalton grass wren, purple-necked rock wallaby and night parrot.

* Note: Goneaway National Park is proposed to be renamed as Goneaway Tablelands National Park in October 2026, ahead of these amendments.

Keatings Lagoon National Park

Cook Shire

Change the class:

of Keatings Lagoon National Park to allow the area to be dedicated as Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land).

Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Cook Shire

Dedicate:

Keatings Lagoon National Park, described as lot 97 on SP342978, containing an area of 45.99 hectares as Keatings Lagoon National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land).

Any entity may comment about the proposal to the chief executive of the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, in writing and directed to tenureservices@detsi.qld.gov.au or Tenure Services, PO Box 15187, City East, QLD, 4002.

Comments received between 25 09 2026 and 22 10 2026 will be considered by the department.

Amendments to the QPWS estate under the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994 are administered by the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.