Steve Wettenhall, the re-elected member for Barron River, in his column Wettenhall Watch in the Kuranda Paper of April 2009, wrote that he will work hard to start renewed negotiations with the Mona Mona descendants in regards to the future of the former mission site. In December last year, the Bligh Government decided that the majority of the 1600 ha of the former mission site would was to made National Park; a small area of 100 ha was designated to be become an Indigenous Cultural Heritage site and all residents would be required to leave the area.

The Bligh Government has backflipped on plans to turn the old Mona Mona mission into a national park and stop Indigenous people living on their ancestral land near Kuranda.

Barron River MP Steve Wettenhall, who holds a small margin in the seat, revealed that a December Bligh Government Cabinet decision to create a 1500ha park and 100ha given over for cultural and historical purposes for the people of Mona Mona would not go ahead if Labor was re-elected.

Housing agencies are witnessing a crisis in public accommodation on the Tablelands that has reached startling levels, with more than 27 adults forced to live in the one house in Kuranda. The demand for crisis housing is at an alltime high, with claims people are waiting for up to 10 years for accommodation. Figures from the Department of Housing show that out of 164 applicants waiting for public housing on the Tablelands, 54 come from the Mareeba and Kuranda districts.

Mona Mona residents reacted very stronly to the address that the Director General, Linda Apelt made to a meeting of about 150 people with connections to Mona Mona on 9 December. Ms Aplet told the gathering that 1600 ha of Mona Mona land would be carved up into a small 100 ha area to be held in trust by Mona Mona people while the bulk of the land would be made into National Park. This is what residents had to say to that proposal:

Gerald Hobbler: "We do not need another national park, we want houses in Mona Mona".

Mona Mona residents reacted very stronly to the address that the Director General, Linda Apelt made to a meeting of about 150 people with connections to Mona Mona on 9 December. Ms Aplet told the gathering that 1600 ha of Mona Mona land would be carved up into a small 100 ha area to be held in trust by Mona Mona people while the bulk of the land would be made into National Park. This is what residents had to say to that proposal:

Gerald Hobbler: "We do not need another national park, we want houses in Mona Mona".

As a result of a (failed) consultation process between the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the Residents and Descendents of Mona Mona, Linda Apelt, DG Dept. of Communities yesterday asked residents to move from Mona Mona. Mrs Apelts, speaking as the Trustee of the Mona Mona Reserve at a meeting at the former Mona Mona Mission with more than 150 Mona Mona descendents present said that the Queensland Government was committed to work with the Mona Mona  People to preserve the land for cultural, historical and heritage purposes and "create a better future for every one".

As a result of a (failed) consultation process between the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the Residents and Descendents of Mona Mona, Linda Apelt, DG Dept. of Communities yesterday asked residents to move from Mona Mona. Mrs Apelts, speaking as the Trustee of the Mona Mona Reserve at a meeting at the former Mona Mona Mission with more than 150 Mona Mona descendents present said that the Queensland Government was committed to work with the Mona Mona  People to preserve the land for cultural, historical and heritage purposes and "create a better future for every one".