❓ Question regarding community consultation for agricultural development in the Broome area, specifically concerning the WAI proposal and the role of the Office of Major Projects. The Minister outlines the government's initiative and commitment to consultation.
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I will try to ask a question to which I sort of received an answer before. I hope I asked the right question. I refer to the minister’s statements of Wednesday 11 August and further comment on the ABC on Friday, 13 August about the non-renewal of the Western Agricultural Industries’ cotton proposal memorandum of understanding. (1) When does the minister consider that he will develop a process that engages traditional owners and the local community in exploring scenarios for development of the agricultural industry in the Broome local authority area? (2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE
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Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
I refer to the minister’s statements of Wednesday 11 August and further comment on the ABC on Friday, 13 August about the non-renewal of the Western Agricultural Industries’ cotton proposal memorandum of understanding. (1) When does the minister consider that he will develop a process that engages traditional owners and the local community in exploring scenarios for development of the agricultural industry in the Broome local authority area? (2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(1) When does the minister consider that he will develop a process that engages traditional owners and the local community in exploring scenarios for development of the agricultural industry in the Broome local authority area? (2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
I refer to the minister’s statements of Wednesday 11 August and further comment on the ABC on Friday, 13 August about the non-renewal of the Western Agricultural Industries’ cotton proposal memorandum of understanding. (1) When does the minister consider that he will develop a process that engages traditional owners and the local community in exploring scenarios for development of the agricultural industry in the Broome local authority area? (2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(1) When does the minister consider that he will develop a process that engages traditional owners and the local community in exploring scenarios for development of the agricultural industry in the Broome local authority area? (2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(2) Who will make up the consultative groups that will be established under the new process? (3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(3) When is it expected that the consultative process will be completed? (4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(4) Given their disastrous participation in the process today, will the Office of Major Projects be precluded from involvement in the new consultative process? (5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(5) Why has the minister not ruled out consideration of the WAI proposal under the consultative system? (6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(6) Does the minister consider that the more consultative approach proposed in question (1) is also appropriate for the east Kimberley, given that the same agency that has championed the failed WAI proposal is the key promoter of the Ord stage 2 development? The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
The PRESIDENT: Order! We note that that part of the question that was argumentative was out of order. Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
Thank you, Mr President. I am sure Hon Robin Chapple did not mean to offend against the standing orders. In recognition of that, he has had the opportunity to ask two questions today and get three different answers, and that is a very good effort! (1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(1)-(2) The Government has commenced an initiative to explore options for development of new agricultural industries in the west Kimberley region. I hope I will be in a position to submit a proposal to Cabinet on the initiative in September. Comprehensive public consultation will be fundamental at all stages of the initiative. All stakeholder groups in the west Kimberley, including those representing indigenous people, pastoralists, horticulturalists, the business sector and community groups, will be party to this consultation. However, the primary discussions will be with the traditional owners. That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
That is the answer to the first two parts of the question that I had already provided. (3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(3) The consultative process will be ongoing for the life of the initiative. (4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(4) I anticipate that the Office of Major Projects will participate. Its future role is clearly dependent upon the types of development options that may arise from both the research and consultative processes, if there is any development at all. Let us not pre-empt those processes. (5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(5) Western Agricultural Industries would be welcome to participate in the consultative process. Should WAI submit a development proposal at some time in the future, it would be considered in the light of outcomes of the Government’s development initiative and associated community consultations, which depend, of course, upon those consultations. (6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
(6) Different circumstances apply in the east and west Kimberley because the Ord stage 2 proposal represents an expansion of a major project. Extensive consultation about the Ord stage 2 proposal has occurred over many years already.
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