Senator BROWN (12:34 PM) —That leaves it up in the air—that is the problem—and that is why I support Senator Bolkus's amendment. I would have thought that the government would want to make it clear, notwithstanding its difficulties with the New South Wales government—and no doubt there is politics in that on both sides. But I would have thought that the government would want it on the record that these lands are going to be part of the Greater Sydney Harbour National Park. That is what rings true.

Senator Hill —Woolwich?

Senator BROWN —Yes. There is not a clear demarcation in national parks between the natural and the built. We have blurred those demarcations in the past. The best way to ensure that all these lands are used in an integrated fashion is to ensure that they go into the Greater Sydney Harbour National Park. The word `enhancing' is now in here because of the government and I would think that the enhancement process we should be aiming for is, wherever possible, some return to naturalness as a public amenity even to the most damaged parts of these very precious lands. But even if there are exceptions the intent of the government to have the lands it has in mind going into the Greater Sydney Harbour National Park ought to be spelled out in this legislation. Unless the Commonwealth has it in mind that this would be a Commonwealth national park, as distinct from a national park under the aegis of the New South Wales government, then I think it should support this amendment. Clearly, that is the way it is going; that is the way people will want it to be. There will be a very heavy onus on the New South Wales government of the day when it arrives there to preserve and protect this land as a national park and we should have that ethos written into this legislation.

Amendment not agreed to.