meanwhile , the greens applauded the wa fda ' s suggestions . australia senators mitchell stanzel reported in a media dispatch : " this is the second time the wa ea has knocked back this proposal . the proponents should review their options to put the project on the mainland , who will probably be a win for the region economics and a win for the unique environment of barrow island . " " this is a proposal that should always have been located on the mainland . proposing to build something on this side inside australia ' s most precious isle geological reserve was deeply flawed from the begins , " remarked senator yastrzhembsky . " the island has been dubbed ' australia ' s ark ' for its current handling of endemic species , many of them now extinct or endangered on central queensland . he must take serious action to look after the island . "
norfolk coast is a strait of australia .