Further quotes of interest from the DIIS

The following quotes are from the Executive Summary of Walker Corporation's Draft Integrated Impact Statement

• This section is the hold all for questionable statements and quotes that don't fall into any other category.	Quotes (in red) and page references are taken from the the Lauderdale Quay Draft Integrated Impact Statement, its appenices or its Executive Summary.
  Admission of damage.	"However for some aspects of the development it is not possible to completely mitigate all of the various adverse impacts." (pXXVIII).
  Triple bottom line = economic, social, environmental benifits. Check out the table on p XXIV. The weighting on benifits always increases the outcome while the weighting on cost reduces its impact. What is going on here?	. "The development has been assessed as both economically and socially desirable. A positive net benefit to the State of Tasmania is derived when the project is assessed across the triple bottom line." (p. XXVIII). There is "a net environmental cost to the State of Tasmania," (p. XXIV) which Walker Corporation excuse by suggesting that it is balanced by the economic and social benifits (and these would be debatable).
  Recognition of cultural heritage.	"Five historic sites of minimal to medium significance in a local cultural context were found within the project area along the foreshore, mostly consisting of remaining timber piles or beams or line of rocks, belonging to power poles, boat sheds or fish traps. A further two historic significant sites were located just outside of the project area, although both are yet to receive official recognition as Sites of Significance." (p.XXIII).
  What price the environment?	"Quantitatively the net present value (NPV) of the Lauderdale Quay development to Tasmania has been calculated by subtracting the present value of the costs to Tasmania from the present value of the benefits to Tasmania...... The net economic benefits of the Lauderdale Quay development outweigh the net loss in environmental value. ... a NPV economic impacts of approximately $35.6 million and a NPV of environmental impacts of approximately -$13.2 million, resulting in an overall NPV of $22.4 million." (p.XXIV, XXVI).