A second breakthrough has torn through the northern tip of Bribie Island.

A new channel wide enough for boats has been carved through the island, raising serious concerns about erosion, wildlife, and the safety of nearby coastal communities.

Jen Kettleton-Butler from the Pumicestone Passage Catchment Management Body told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, “I think the community has been lulled into a false sense of security by the feedback that’s been coming back from the authorities, which is, this is just natural coastal erosion and our coastal hazard adaption strategy is that we do not interfere with natural coastal processes.”

“That’s all well and good until you have suburbs that are at imminent and dire risk of storm surge, thanks to the gaping hole in what was our barrier island,” Mrs Kettleton-Butler said.

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