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	Podcast:		Background Briefing - ABC RN
	Episode:		The bird and the businessman: A billionaire developer's plan to build on a protected wetland
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:45:01
	Publish Date:		2018-12-08 15:05:00
	Description:		It’s only 30 kilometres east of Brisbane but the economic gap between Cleveland and the Queensland capital is massive. Now an influential developer wants to revitalise the coastal town by building a $1.4 billion precinct on the foreshore. There’s just one problem: the region’s wetlands are protected under an international treaty known as the Ramsar convention. So who prevails in a battle between birdlife and business? Steve Cannane investigates.
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