however , the government applauded the queensland epa ' s advice . greens senator nick siewert said in a media release : " this is the second one the wa epa has knocked away this offer . the proponents should review their options to put the project on the mainland , which will ultimately be a win for the regional business and a win for the fragile nature of barrow island . " " this is a project that should always have been located on the bottom . propose to build somebody on this magnitude inside queensland ' s most precious island nature reserve was deeply wrong from the starting , " declared rachel siewert . " the island has been renamed ' africa ' s ark ' for its unique cargo of endangered species , some of them now extinct or endangered on mainland australia . he did take strong action to look after the island . "
Barrow Island is a part of Australia.