Premier tells Dreamworld to 'do the right thing' after $2.7m koala fund spent on roller-coaster

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called on Dreamworld to "do the right thing" and invest in koala research after the theme park spent $2.7 million in government funding on a roller-coaster instead of conservation work.The Opposition says conditions to ensure future funding for conservation should have been applied

Announced in 2019, Dreamworld's Future Lab was to become Queensland's first genome research facility for native animals and was designed to boost conservation efforts against threats to koalas like chlamydia."The tourism department gave money, through grants, to places like Dreamworld to expand their offerings to the public," she said.

"In view of the Future Lab project being placed on hold, the Queensland government approved that the funding previously approved for the research facility be repurposed to support the construction of the new ride, taking into consideration the immediate impacts of the pandemic and the appeal of new tourism offers likely to attract returning domestic visitors and international tourists when borders reopened," he said.

"It was completely ridiculous that it had to come out through this process and there was absolutely no transparency about it."

And Koala Town across the road closed after a few years because no one was interested

Has palachook already taken her cut?

Yahoo serious? What ****holes! Don’t just TELL them to do ‘the right thing’ take the ***kers to court or something. This is surely corrupt behaviour; surely white collar crime. Dreamworld

AnnastaciaMP telling someone to do the right thing. That's rich! Wonder how the inquiry into her having her henchmen raid the integrity commission is going?

2.7 million of public funding .... Hmmmm, what do we spend that on, Koala research or a roller coaster 🤔... One costs money the other will make money, decisions, decisions..

ynoirb I hope at least it’s a koala themed roller coaster.

The money didn't come from some Koala fund it came from 'The tourism department'. AP Government approved Dreamworld spending on the coaster and now only because AP has been caught out, she is blaming Dreamworld.

How about fraud charges?

Koalas on the way down only

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