A parliamentary question seeks clarification on the involvement of various bodies, including the Minister for Environment and Heritage, the Heritage Council, and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, in the future planning and heritage assessment of the East Perth Power Station.

AnsweredQoN 1161Legislative Council
Asked
18 March 2002
Portfolio
Environment and Heritage

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EAST PERTH POWER STATION, FUTURE
With regard to the announcement made on 9 August 2001 by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure that the ministerial council would examine the future of the East Perth power station - (1) Is the Minister for Environment and Heritage involved in the ministerial council? (2) If yes, in what capacity? (3) What is the extent of the Heritage Council’s involvement in determining the future of the power station? (4) Who is carrying out the heritage assessment of the building, and by whom is he or she employed? (5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS

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The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(1) Is the Minister for Environment and Heritage involved in the ministerial council? (2) If yes, in what capacity? (3) What is the extent of the Heritage Council’s involvement in determining the future of the power station? (4) Who is carrying out the heritage assessment of the building, and by whom is he or she employed? (5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(2) If yes, in what capacity? (3) What is the extent of the Heritage Council’s involvement in determining the future of the power station? (4) Who is carrying out the heritage assessment of the building, and by whom is he or she employed? (5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(3) What is the extent of the Heritage Council’s involvement in determining the future of the power station? (4) Who is carrying out the heritage assessment of the building, and by whom is he or she employed? (5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(4) Who is carrying out the heritage assessment of the building, and by whom is he or she employed? (5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(5) If the heritage assessment is being carried out by a non-government body, or a non-government employee, what was the Heritage Council’s involvement in the appointment? Has that person been reporting to the Heritage Council? (6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(6) What role, if any, does the East Perth Redevelopment Authority play in assessing, planning, or making decisions about the power station and its adjoining sites? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response - (1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(1) Yes. (2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(2) As a member of the ministerial council. (3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(3) The director, Mr Ian Baxter, has been involved as a member of a working party, and on this issue the Heritage Council has been regularly updated. (4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(4) A number of assessments were previously undertaken by Mr Ron Bodycoat regarding the East Perth power station, and by the cultural heritage studies department at Curtin University. More recently, an eastern states based firm, Godden MacKay, was involved during the process of future-use evaluation. (5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(5) See the above answer. In the recent commission, the East Perth Redevelopment Authority consulted the Heritage Council during the development of the brief. The consultants report directly to the East Perth Redevelopment Authority. (6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.
(6) The role of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority falls under the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and is currently the planning authority for the East Perth Power Station and surrounding lands.

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