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An invitation for businesses to express interest at 23 campgrounds across the selected national parks, including The Basin in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, The Ruins in Booti Booti National Park, and two sites in Kosciuszko National Park, has been open since early September. Successful licenses will commence in March next year. Greens environment spokeswoman Sue Higginson said the proposal was “regrettable” and inequitable, expressing concerns that the scheme was a “beachhead” for the further privatisation of public campgrounds. “The business model is so flawed and dreadfully misleading. It is a betrayal and a radical departure from the Minns government’s promise not to privatise public assets,” she said. “They talk about increasing accessibility. If you mean that, hand on heart, you increase the number of campgrounds – there are not enough spaces as it is. You already have a tiny, tiny, tiny land base, and now you are going to exclude the community from it.”
