❓ Question regarding the alleged damming/obstruction of Brooking Creek, a Fitzroy River tributary, by a pastoral lease holder, and requests investigation, enforcement, and removal of the obstruction. The answer refers to another question.
AnsweredQoN 2050Legislative Council
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I refer to Brooking Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River
in the Kimberley and the three photographs found here: https://robinchapple.com/dam-brooking-creek and ask: (a) is
the Minister aware that Brooking Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River, was
blocked from flowing last year; (b) if yes to (a), did
the Minister investigate the damming of the Creek; (c) if yes to (b), will the Minister table the report; (d) if no to (b), why not; (e) will the Minister confirm and/or investigate whether the pastoral lease holder has built a vehicle and stock crossing
point over Brooking Creek and that this is blocking the flow of the water; (f) if no to (e), why not; (g) is
it necessary to apply for a licence from the department to build anything in
the bed and/or banks of a waterway; (h) if
yes to (g), does the owner of the Brooking Springs pastoral lease have a licence for
the built structure or crossing point over Brooking Creek; (i) if no to (h), why not; (j) will the department, using its Geographic Information System or any other method, determine when the
obstruction was originally built; (k) if no to (j), why not; (l) if
the department investigated the blocking of Brooking Creek last year, was the
pastoral lease holder prosecuted or issued a warning; (m) if yes to (l), was any enforcement action taken; (n) if no to (m), why not; (o) will the Minister investigate given the photographs taken of Brooking Creek in March 2019, show it
is once again blocked; (p) if no to (o), why not; (q) given the photos show that the obstruction on Brooking Creek contravenes the Western Australian
Government’s policy that states there will be ‘no dams, barriers,
weirs or other structures that store water or impede flow on the Fitzroy River
and its tributaries’, will the Minister ensure that the obstruction is removed as a matter of priority so that the natural flow is not impeded on this environmentally and culturally
important tributary of the Fitzroy River; (r) if no to (q), why not; (s) will the Minister ensure the pastoral lease holder is prosecuted for blocking the creek; and (t) if no to (s), why not?
in the Kimberley and the three photographs found here: https://robinchapple.com/dam-brooking-creek and ask: (a) is
the Minister aware that Brooking Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River, was
blocked from flowing last year; (b) if yes to (a), did
the Minister investigate the damming of the Creek; (c) if yes to (b), will the Minister table the report; (d) if no to (b), why not; (e) will the Minister confirm and/or investigate whether the pastoral lease holder has built a vehicle and stock crossing
point over Brooking Creek and that this is blocking the flow of the water; (f) if no to (e), why not; (g) is
it necessary to apply for a licence from the department to build anything in
the bed and/or banks of a waterway; (h) if
yes to (g), does the owner of the Brooking Springs pastoral lease have a licence for
the built structure or crossing point over Brooking Creek; (i) if no to (h), why not; (j) will the department, using its Geographic Information System or any other method, determine when the
obstruction was originally built; (k) if no to (j), why not; (l) if
the department investigated the blocking of Brooking Creek last year, was the
pastoral lease holder prosecuted or issued a warning; (m) if yes to (l), was any enforcement action taken; (n) if no to (m), why not; (o) will the Minister investigate given the photographs taken of Brooking Creek in March 2019, show it
is once again blocked; (p) if no to (o), why not; (q) given the photos show that the obstruction on Brooking Creek contravenes the Western Australian
Government’s policy that states there will be ‘no dams, barriers,
weirs or other structures that store water or impede flow on the Fitzroy River
and its tributaries’, will the Minister ensure that the obstruction is removed as a matter of priority so that the natural flow is not impeded on this environmentally and culturally
important tributary of the Fitzroy River; (r) if no to (q), why not; (s) will the Minister ensure the pastoral lease holder is prosecuted for blocking the creek; and (t) if no to (s), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 May 2019
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development
Response time
9 days
Please refer to answer provided to Question on Notice 2051.
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