Boost For Fraser Is
Illawarra Mercury
Monday July 30, 2001
The Queensland Government will spend an extra $1.75 million on managing Fraser Island and close several roads and beaches to vehicles in an effort to improve visitor safety.
The Government has been re-assessing the management of Fraser Island since the fatal mauling of nine-year-old Brisbane boy Clinton Gage by dingoes while on holiday at Waddy Point on the island's northern tip on April 30.
Environment Minister Dean Wells, who visited the island yesterday, said $1 million would be spent on dingo management and a further $750,000 would fund eight new permanent rangers to start work on September 1.
© 2001 Illawarra Mercury
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