❓ Mr. Templeman questions the Minister for Local Government regarding alleged misleading statements about negotiations with the City of Subiaco concerning the 'Crawley finger' boundary changes in the City of Perth Bill 2015. The Minister defends the bill and its transitional arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 493Legislative Assembly
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CITY OF
PERTH BILL 2015 — CRAWLEY FINGER — CITY OF SUBIACO
493. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the
Minister for Local Government:
I refer to the question that the minister responded to on 21
May this year from the member for Carine, when the minister stated that his
government is, and I quote —
� working with the City of Subiaco
on transitional arrangements for affected ratepayers in the area known as the Crawley
finger.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN :
Mr Speaker, I need your protection!
I ask —
(1) Why has
the Mayor of Subiaco, Heather Anderson, said that there has not been any
negotiation with the minister or his office regarding the Crawley finger?
(2) Why is the
minister blatantly misleading Parliament about conversations and negotiations
he is having, whereas the other party flatly refutes this has ever happened?
PERTH BILL 2015 — CRAWLEY FINGER — CITY OF SUBIACO
493. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the
Minister for Local Government:
I refer to the question that the minister responded to on 21
May this year from the member for Carine, when the minister stated that his
government is, and I quote —
� working with the City of Subiaco
on transitional arrangements for affected ratepayers in the area known as the Crawley
finger.
Several members interjected.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN :
Mr Speaker, I need your protection!
I ask —
(1) Why has
the Mayor of Subiaco, Heather Anderson, said that there has not been any
negotiation with the minister or his office regarding the Crawley finger?
(2) Why is the
minister blatantly misleading Parliament about conversations and negotiations
he is having, whereas the other party flatly refutes this has ever happened?
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(1)–(2)
I thank the member for the question. There are a couple of things with regard
to the question of the member for Carine. The actual legislation that is in the
house does have transitional arrangements in it for the City of Subiaco, so the
bill has a transition process in it. With regard to meeting with the City of
Subiaco, my department has made many inquiries to meet with the mayor and the
CEO. We are yet to get a response back, but we did have an initial meeting
through the process of bringing the bill together. So we have engaged with them
at the start.
Mr D.A. Templeman :
You said that you were working with the City of Subiaco on transitional
arrangements.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, let the minister answer.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
just answered that question with regard to transitional arrangements.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, you asked a question, and unless the minister has got
extra eyes, he cannot see your paper. Just let him answer. I will give you a
supplementary question.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
just want to clarify a point. The bill makes it quite clear that there are
transitional arrangements for the City of Subiaco as it transitions into that
process. We are quite clearly working through that. We worked with Subiaco
prior to bringing the legislation in, and I know that definitely one letter has
gone from the department to request a meeting with the Subiaco CEO and mayor.
We have had no reply to that one. More importantly, let us keep in sight the
bigger picture here. The City of Perth is our capital city. This bill will
enshrine that into legislation as our capital city. The main component that
makes up the extended boundary of the City of Perth is the University of
Western Australia. UWA wants to come into the City of Perth. It is very keen
for that to happen. But keep in mind that currently having the boundaries of
three local governments meet at UWA is definitely unworkable.
This is a good bit of legislation that enshrines the City of
Perth as our capital city. We only need to look out the window to see 20-odd
cranes working in the capital city. It is a busy place. It is time now that we
do it. We are now going through that process. It is important to look at this
and try to refine our capital city. It is good legislation. I will ask the
member a question. Where does the member for Mandurah stand on the City of
Perth?
Mr D.A. Templeman :
Can I respond to that?
The SPEAKER : No. I
would love you to, but no.
I thank the member for the question. There are a couple of things with regard
to the question of the member for Carine. The actual legislation that is in the
house does have transitional arrangements in it for the City of Subiaco, so the
bill has a transition process in it. With regard to meeting with the City of
Subiaco, my department has made many inquiries to meet with the mayor and the
CEO. We are yet to get a response back, but we did have an initial meeting
through the process of bringing the bill together. So we have engaged with them
at the start.
Mr D.A. Templeman :
You said that you were working with the City of Subiaco on transitional
arrangements.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, let the minister answer.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
just answered that question with regard to transitional arrangements.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, you asked a question, and unless the minister has got
extra eyes, he cannot see your paper. Just let him answer. I will give you a
supplementary question.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
just want to clarify a point. The bill makes it quite clear that there are
transitional arrangements for the City of Subiaco as it transitions into that
process. We are quite clearly working through that. We worked with Subiaco
prior to bringing the legislation in, and I know that definitely one letter has
gone from the department to request a meeting with the Subiaco CEO and mayor.
We have had no reply to that one. More importantly, let us keep in sight the
bigger picture here. The City of Perth is our capital city. This bill will
enshrine that into legislation as our capital city. The main component that
makes up the extended boundary of the City of Perth is the University of
Western Australia. UWA wants to come into the City of Perth. It is very keen
for that to happen. But keep in mind that currently having the boundaries of
three local governments meet at UWA is definitely unworkable.
This is a good bit of legislation that enshrines the City of
Perth as our capital city. We only need to look out the window to see 20-odd
cranes working in the capital city. It is a busy place. It is time now that we
do it. We are now going through that process. It is important to look at this
and try to refine our capital city. It is good legislation. I will ask the
member a question. Where does the member for Mandurah stand on the City of
Perth?
Mr D.A. Templeman :
Can I respond to that?
The SPEAKER : No. I
would love you to, but no.
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