❓ Hon Nigel Hallett questions the Minister for the Environment regarding funding for the removal of Group 2 rural chemicals, specifically Chemclear, and the extent of illegal dumping due to high removal costs. The Minister defers answering, citing insufficient time to gather the information.
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Will the minister please provide the following information - (1) What schemes does the state government currently provide funding to for the removal of group 2 rural chemicals? (2) Is the minister aware that the national initiative called Chemclear is seeking funding from the state government? (3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(1) What schemes does the state government currently provide funding to for the removal of group 2 rural chemicals? (2) Is the minister aware that the national initiative called Chemclear is seeking funding from the state government? (3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware that the national initiative called Chemclear is seeking funding from the state government? (3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(1) What schemes does the state government currently provide funding to for the removal of group 2 rural chemicals? (2) Is the minister aware that the national initiative called Chemclear is seeking funding from the state government? (3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware that the national initiative called Chemclear is seeking funding from the state government? (3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(3) If yes to (2), why has funding not been approved to subsidise its services to collect and dispose of group 2 chemicals in Western Australia? (4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(4) If the minister will not support the Chemclear initiative, will she please give details on what should be done with group 2 chemicals currently on rural properties? (5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(5) Is the minister aware of how much dumping of group 2 chemicals currently takes place on Western Australian farms to avoid the high costs associated with authorised removal? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided this response, and I know the member will not be happy, but there is not much I can do about it. Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Information is not available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
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