“The real tragedy is that these birds are a living species that have a right to continue to live, but that chance is being taken away.
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“This is death by a thousand cuts.”
A Peet spokesperson said earlier this year the company had been “made aware of an inadvertent clearing of a conservation area” by a contractor on a site in Eglinton.
“This occurred despite control measures being in place and the site being identified by Peet as an area for conservation, not development,” the spokesperson said.
“Peet immediately notified the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water which undertook a thorough investigation into the matter, and found Peet did not breach the conditions of its approval.
“Although we were not responsible for the inadvertent clearing, we are prioritising restoration of the site by working with government at all levels and other involved parties to progress rehabilitation works as quickly as possible.”
The change in vegetation in this area between 1984 and 2022.Credit: Australian Conservation Foundation
The Alkimos-Eglinton region is set to be one of Perth’s most-populated suburbs by 2041 with an expected 30,000 residents.
There just under 14,000 currently living there, according to the latest ABS data, and fewer than 100 residents lived in the region back in 2011.
