❓ Hon Frank Hough asks about government funding for salinity management methods on farms. Hon Tom Stephens responds with details of funding available through the Natural Heritage Trust and other programs for tree planting, deep drainage, and clarifies the use of evaporation ponds.
AnsweredQoN 710Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
(1) What government funding is available to farmers for the planting of trees as a method of managing salinity? (2) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of desalination ponds as a method of managing salinity? (3) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of deep drainage as a method of managing salinity? Hon TOM STEPHENS
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(2) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of desalination ponds as a method of managing salinity? (3) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of deep drainage as a method of managing salinity? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(3) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of deep drainage as a method of managing salinity? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(2) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of desalination ponds as a method of managing salinity? (3) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of deep drainage as a method of managing salinity? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(3) What government funding is available to farmers for the installation of deep drainage as a method of managing salinity? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has advised that commonwealth funds under the Natural Heritage Trust, particularly Bushcare and Rivercare component funding, have been used to plant trees as part of catchment plans and for things such as fencing. It is not easy to estimate the exact amount that has been used for tree planting. Bushcare funding allocated to Western Australia totalled $9 666 821 in 2000-01, and Rivercare funding totalled $3 579 372 over the same period. (2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(2) Ponds are unable to be used for desalination. The most common method is reverse osmosis. Evaporation ponds are being used to dispose of saline discharge from engineering works installed in several wheatbelt towns under the rural towns program. (3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
(3) Engineering works can be funded under the Landcare component of the Natural Heritage Trust, provided they are part of a catchment plan and meet legal requirements; for example, that the notice of intent to drain provisions have been met. Allocated funding for Landcare totalled $11 237 825 in 2000-01. Some investigatory work for deep open drains was funded under the Salinity Council’s community support scheme, which allocated $3 million for projects beginning in 2000-01.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.