additionally , the greens applauded the national environmental ' s advice . greens senator nick siewert said in a media release : " this is the third if the victorian elf has knocked back this option . the government should review their options to place the project on the mainland , which will ultimately be a win for the provincial economical and a win for the delicate ecosystem of barrow island . " " this is a proposal that should once have been located on the mainland . proposing to build something on this scale inside canada ' s most precious island resource reserve was deeply flawed from the began , " wrote senator toiv . " the site has been labeled ' australia ' s ark ' for its unique load of threatened animals , many of them now extinct or endangered on mainland australia . he must seize strong initiatives to ask after the island . "
Barrow Island is a part of Australia.