❓ Question on Notice regarding the acceptable level of wetland change due to water harvesting from the southern Yarragadee aquifer. The Minister's initial response was dismissive and avoided directly answering the question, citing the Environmental Protection Act.
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SWAN COASTAL PLAIN WETLANDS PROTECTION POLICY
I have a supplementary question. The minister has been asked to give an undertaking to provide information about how much land has been developed. Mr J.N. Hyde : That’s not supplementary. Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN
I have a supplementary question. The minister has been asked to give an undertaking to provide information about how much land has been developed. Mr J.N. Hyde : That’s not supplementary. Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN
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The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr J.N. Hyde : That’s not supplementary. Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr J.N. Hyde : That’s not supplementary. Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Dr S.C. THOMAS : Is the member for Perth the Speaker? He should keep quiet. What level of change to wetlands in the south west corner of the state will the government accept as a result of harvesting 45 gigalitres of water from the southern Yarragadee before it reduces that harvest? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The member for Capel needs to go to a Harvey Norman store, buy a mirror, put it at the end of his bed and wake up to himself. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He comes up with strange efforts to score headlines. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The simple fact is that the government will make a decision about the Yarragadee issue in due course. If the member for Capel understood at all the way that the Environmental Protection Act operates, he would know that it would be utterly inappropriate for me to make any comment on the merits or otherwise of that issue at this stage. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the members for Murray, Moore and Capel.
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