❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses items left behind by protestors at a Cable Sands mining site in the Ludlow tuart forest, inquiring about ownership, storage, and disposal. The answer details Cable Sands' actions to collect, store, advertise, and ultimately dispose of the items after attempts to locate the owners.
AnsweredQoN 3270Legislative Assembly
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(1) Have various items been left behind within the Ludlow tuart forest by people who were protesting at the proposal by Cable Sands to mine mineral sands?
(2) What are these items?
(3) Who will assume ownership of these items if the original owners cannot be found?
(4) Who is responsible for the collection and storage for these items prior to their owners being located?
(5) Will these items be disposed of and, if yes, how will they be disposed of, once reasonable attempts to locate the owners have been made?
(2) What are these items?
(3) Who will assume ownership of these items if the original owners cannot be found?
(4) Who is responsible for the collection and storage for these items prior to their owners being located?
(5) Will these items be disposed of and, if yes, how will they be disposed of, once reasonable attempts to locate the owners have been made?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
26 November 2004
Responded by
Minister for State Development
Response time
37 days
(1)-(4) Items left behind by protestors on the mining tenement included building materials, paving bricks, pine timber, pallets, tent poles, folding chairs, table frames, tyres, wire etc. These items were collected and stored in a shed in Picton by Cable Sands. (5) In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
Items left behind by protestors on the mining tenement included building materials, paving bricks, pine timber, pallets, tent poles, folding chairs, table frames, tyres, wire etc. These items were collected and stored in a shed in Picton by Cable Sands. (5) In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
(5) In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
Items left behind by protestors on the mining tenement included building materials, paving bricks, pine timber, pallets, tent poles, folding chairs, table frames, tyres, wire etc. These items were collected and stored in a shed in Picton by Cable Sands. (5) In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
(5) In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
In early October 2004 Cable Sands advertised the location of the materials in local papers and identified methods for collection of the materials, including the final date for collection. A person collected some of the equipment in mid October on behalf of members of the protest group. At the end of October Cable Sands extended the deadline for collection to 12 November 2004. Following this date all materials were disposed of via a local contractor.
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