'Dongas in car parks': Decision to place tiny cabins in 'magnificent' Perth park slammed
'Dongas in car parks': Decision to place tiny cabins in 'magnificent' Perth park slammed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-06/friends-of-kings-park-slam-tiny-cabin-trial/104188986?
The Friends of Kings Park group says a survey shows 99 per cent of respondents oppose putting accommodation in the nature reserve, but the state government says it's important to create new tourism opportunities.
F.o.K.P. Case against & Online Form (their "survey")
What a joke!
I don't know what i think of the issue itself, but the Friends of Kings Park group should be ashamed of themselves this morning.
Putting an online form on their website, and having essentially their network fill it out is not an gauge of public sentiment. And undermines the legitimacy of good faith attempts at data gathering.
Restricting sections of the botanic garden to provide high-priced accommodation for a select few does not align with this vision.
This is one of the examples of leading the respondent in their preamble.
By leaving it as an online form, and taking no demographic information this "survey" is no better than online product reviews and as such should be ignored by the government.
The Gov now probably need to employ a company who actually know how to conduct a survey to gauge real public sentiment, whatever that may be.