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❓ Mr Murray asks about DEC/DPaW's responsibility and activities related to the Ferguson River's degradation. The Minister responds that DPaW has no responsibility and staff haven't attended for those purposes.

AnsweredQoN 833Legislative Assembly

Asked

27 June 2013

Member

Mr M.P. Murray

Portfolio

Environment

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I refer to the Ferguson River in the Paradise region in the Shire of Dardanup and ask: (a) which office of the Department of Environment and Conservation’s (DEC) in the South West is responsible for repairing or degradation minimisation of this river; (b) can you list the dates of attendance at the Ferguson River by DEC staff for the last twelve months; and (c) can you list the work undertaken by the DEC staff on each of the dates listed in (b)?

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Answered

6 August 2013

Responded by

Minister for Environment

Response time

40 days

(a) The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW), formerly the Department of Environment and Conservation, does not have responsibility for repairing or minimising degradation to the Ferguson River in the Paradise locality of the Shire of Dardanup. DPaW does not manage any land in this locality.
(b) DPaW staff have not attended the Ferguson
River
for the purposes described in (a).
(c) Not applicable.

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