No extra safety measures have allegedly been put in place at the spot in a Western Australian national park where a man fell to his death last month.
Father of two Chris Majewski died after plunging 14m at Dales Gorge in Karijini but a parliamentary hearing has been told that no remedial action has been taken at the site.
Mr Majewski’s son, Patrick, 7, who also toppled off the cliff, remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Upper House Labor MP Ken Travers told the hearing that a constituent who claimed to have visited the site recently had been “horrified” to discover it had been largely untouched since the incident.
However, Keiran McNamara, the director-general of the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) disputed the claims, saying the department had erected signs to warn people of risks. An internal review into the tragedy is also under way to determine whether further safety upgrades are needed..
A report in the West Australian newspaper said Mr McNamara also defended the DEC’s broader national park safety policies, saying it would be virtually impossible to ‘sanitise’ nature reserves. Millions of people visit WA’s national parks each year, her said, and the parks were often inherently dangerous.
