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CANBERRA. – The Prime Minister (Mr. Whitlam) has made an eleventh-hour bid to save Lake Pedder, in Tasmania, from destruction.
Mr. Whitlam has asked the Tasmanian Premier (Mr. Reece) to agree to the establishment of a joint Commonwealth-State Committee of Inquiry to report in alternative schemes to avoid the flooding of Lake Pedder.
Mr. Whitlam's approach to Mr. Reece is certain to gain strong support from conservationists who have mounted a long, but so far unsuccessful campaign to save the lake.
It is the new Government’s first major move in the conservation field.
Mr. Whitlam is understood to have written to Mr. Reece earlier this week after consultations in Canberra with the Government's leading spokesman on conservation, the new Minister for Urban and Regional Development (Mr. Uren).
Mr Whitlam is understood to have told Mr. Reece that members of the Federal Government were concerned at the environmental consequences for Australia if Lake Pedder is flooded.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the Federal Government had some responsibility in the matter because it had underwritten the cost of the Gordon River power project, for which the lake is being flooded.
Mr. Whitlam said the Commonwealth would pay the costs of such an investigation.
He suggested that the committee should seek advice from other consultants and complete its report within three months to save the lake from further inundation.
It is believed that if Mr. Reece agrees, the Federal Government will nominate the Professor of Natural Resources at the University of New England, NSW (Professor J. Burton), to head the committee of inquiry.
