❓ Hon Christine Sharp questions the Minister for Environment regarding Wandalup Farms' phosphorus discharge and its compliance with Peel-Harvey Estuary environmental policy. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice due to time constraints.
AnsweredQoN 356Legislative Council
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In relation to Wandalup Farms, can the minister please explain - (1) What does Wandalup Farms’ licence require it to do in relation to off-site impacts? (2) Is its current discharge of phosphorus compatible with the target of a 50 per cent reduction, as stipulated in the environmental protection policy for the Peel-Harvey Estuary? (3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS
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I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(1) What does Wandalup Farms’ licence require it to do in relation to off-site impacts? (2) Is its current discharge of phosphorus compatible with the target of a 50 per cent reduction, as stipulated in the environmental protection policy for the Peel-Harvey Estuary? (3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(2) Is its current discharge of phosphorus compatible with the target of a 50 per cent reduction, as stipulated in the environmental protection policy for the Peel-Harvey Estuary? (3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(1) What does Wandalup Farms’ licence require it to do in relation to off-site impacts? (2) Is its current discharge of phosphorus compatible with the target of a 50 per cent reduction, as stipulated in the environmental protection policy for the Peel-Harvey Estuary? (3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(2) Is its current discharge of phosphorus compatible with the target of a 50 per cent reduction, as stipulated in the environmental protection policy for the Peel-Harvey Estuary? (3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(3) If not, why not? (4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
(4) What reduction of phosphorus load has been recorded in the Serpentine River at the site of discharge from Wandalup Farms? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
I ask that this question be placed on notice. Questions without notice of which some notice has been given are meant to be capable of being answered within the two hours that ministers are given. I am afraid that some of the questions without notice of which some notice has been given are imposing an amazing burden as they all turn up at the same time in that two-hour period. It is extremely difficult, on occasions to meet those requirements. I hear the groans every time I say that, but the reality is that some of these questions should be placed on notice. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich: I have 200 waiting to be answered. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
The PRESIDENT: Order! I can only ask whether there is an answer. If there is no answer, there is no answer. The Attorney General has indicated why there is no answer to that question. If I get an opportunity, members will be given a second chance to ask a question. However, we are battling.
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