❓ A parliamentary question seeks information on mining tenements in the Perth Hills and scarp regions, including definitions, coverage percentages, and state agreements. The Minister's response avoids providing specific definitions or data, directing the questioner to public resources.
AnsweredQoN 5844Legislative Council
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I refer to mining tenements across the Perth Hills and scarp regions, and I ask —
(1) Please provide a definition outlining what constitutes —
(a) the scarp region; and
(b) the Perth hills region.
(2) What percentage of the Perth hills and scarp regions are covered by mining tenements?
(3) Which, if any, of these are covered by state agreements?
(4) Would the Minister table a map identifying these areas?
(1) Please provide a definition outlining what constitutes —
(a) the scarp region; and
(b) the Perth hills region.
(2) What percentage of the Perth hills and scarp regions are covered by mining tenements?
(3) Which, if any, of these are covered by state agreements?
(4) Would the Minister table a map identifying these areas?
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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
28 days
(1) I am informed that there is no requirement or need for the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) to itself define the scarp region or the Perth hills region for the purpose of discharging its statutory duties. However, DMP is aware that a number of different opinions are held by various parties as to the geographical boundaries of these regions.
(2) Given the existence of a number of varying "definitions" of these regions, the percentage of coverage of them by mining tenements would be open to debate, depending on which definition was chosen for such a calculation. The Member may, by using her own definition of these regions, readily check this information from DMP's website by using its Tengraph or Geoview mapping systems.
(3) State Agreement areas are also shown in Tengraph and Geoview.
(4) No, see Answers (1) and (2) above. However, a user of Tengraph and Geoview could draw their own map consistent with their definition of the geographical boundaries of these regions.
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(2) Given the existence of a number of varying "definitions" of these regions, the percentage of coverage of them by mining tenements would be open to debate, depending on which definition was chosen for such a calculation. The Member may, by using her own definition of these regions, readily check this information from DMP's website by using its Tengraph or Geoview mapping systems.
(3) State Agreement areas are also shown in Tengraph and Geoview.
(4) No, see Answers (1) and (2) above. However, a user of Tengraph and Geoview could draw their own map consistent with their definition of the geographical boundaries of these regions.
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