Consultation on proposed Amendments to the protected area estate

Closed
29 July 2025
Topic
Queensland parks and wildlife
Type
Consultation
Region
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 is seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The amendments proposed to be made are as follows:

Tenure Local government area Details of proposal
Wuthathi (Captain Billy Landing) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Cook Shire

Dedicate an area described as:

lot 19 on SP269684 and lot 20 on SP349311, containing an area of 10,560.88 hectares, as the Wuthathi (Captain Billy Landing) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land), about 140 kilometres northeast of Weipa.

Comment regarding the proposed amendment to the protected area estate must be in writing and directed to CYPTRPTenure@detsi.qld.gov.au or the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Cape York Peninsula Tenure Resolution Program, PO Box 4597, Cairns, QLD, 4870.

Comments received by 30 July 2025 will be considered by the department.

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