❓ Dr. Pettitt questions the Environment Minister about the lack of a final report for Biodiversity Audit 2, contrasting it with Audit 1, and requests a list of involved experts. The Minister provides the list via a tabled paper and justifies the online database as a more effective means of dissemination.
AnsweredQoN 1143Legislative Council
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refer to the Minister for the Environment’s response to the question on notice 866, in which it is
stated that the Western Australia Biodiversity Audit 2 cost $571,635 of public
funding, involved 110 Western Australian experts/staff on biodiversity
conservation and “a final report and analysis of data were not intended outputs of Biodiversity Audit 2”, yet a final report of findings and recommendations was published for Biodiversity Audit 1 in 2003, and I ask: (a) will the Minister please provide a list of the 110 experts/staff involved in Audit 2; (b) if no to (a), why not; (c) in
the response to question on notice 866, question 7, on 11 October, it is stated
that “One” agency was involved in Audit 2 with input from external experts. Who
were the external experts and which organisations did they represent or were employed by; (d) if no to (c), why not; and (e) why was a final report of findings and recommendations published for Audit 1 but not Audit 2?
refer to the Minister for the Environment’s response to the question on notice 866, in which it is
stated that the Western Australia Biodiversity Audit 2 cost $571,635 of public
funding, involved 110 Western Australian experts/staff on biodiversity
conservation and “a final report and analysis of data were not intended outputs of Biodiversity Audit 2”, yet a final report of findings and recommendations was published for Biodiversity Audit 1 in 2003, and I ask: (a) will the Minister please provide a list of the 110 experts/staff involved in Audit 2; (b) if no to (a), why not; (c) in
the response to question on notice 866, question 7, on 11 October, it is stated
that “One” agency was involved in Audit 2 with input from external experts. Who
were the external experts and which organisations did they represent or were employed by; (d) if no to (c), why not; and (e) why was a final report of findings and recommendations published for Audit 1 but not Audit 2?
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14 February 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
1 days
(a)-(d) There were 110 staff (107 from the former Department of Parks and Wildlife and three from other agencies) that contributed expert information. See tabled paper No.# for the list of 110 experts/staff involved in Audit 2.
(a) A final report and analysis of data were not intended outputs of Biodiversity Audit 2. The findings and analysis of Biodiversity Audit 2 are available via an online database, which is a more effective means of making this information publicly available for ongoing use.
(a) A final report and analysis of data were not intended outputs of Biodiversity Audit 2. The findings and analysis of Biodiversity Audit 2 are available via an online database, which is a more effective means of making this information publicly available for ongoing use.
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