QBL AGM Summary, page-148

Area of disturbance will be large. Relating it back to a cane harvest doesn't help credibility. Cane farming does not even require licensing as an environmentally relevant activity under Qld's EP Act.

Any proposed bauxite development will trigger top tier EIA under the Act. The Commonwealth might even get involved under their EPBC Act or GBR Act (whatever it is called), but that's less likely under an Abbott Govt.

(now waiting for Sounda to post on the absence of italics on this one)