❓ Mr Cowper asks about the government's actions to address environmental challenges in the South West. Mr Redman responds by detailing $14.5 million in funding allocated to various projects across WA, including specific allocations for the South West and criticises federal funding.
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SOUTH WEST — ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Many areas of the south west, including the beautiful electorate of Murray-Wellington, face significant environmental challenges, including water quality through to the protection of threatened species. Can the minister please advise the house what the government is doing to overcome these challenges, both locally and across the state? Mr D.T. REDMAN
Many areas of the south west, including the beautiful electorate of Murray-Wellington, face significant environmental challenges, including water quality through to the protection of threatened species. Can the minister please advise the house what the government is doing to overcome these challenges, both locally and across the state? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in the very beautiful natural resources in the south west, a lot of which sits in his electorate and a lot of which sits in my electorate of Blackwood-Stirling. It is very pleasing to respond, following a decision cabinet made yesterday to allocate $14.5 million of natural resource funds to 15 major projects throughout Western Australia. It is a substantial investment from the Liberal-National government in protecting the natural resources of this state. Of course, the south west is a substantial recipient of a number of those funds. An amount of $1.25 million in particular has been allocated to water quality improvement through reducing the amount of nutrients into the catchments feeding the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands in Geographe Bay. It is a significant local resource and, of course, something we support in terms of natural resource management funds. Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in the very beautiful natural resources in the south west, a lot of which sits in his electorate and a lot of which sits in my electorate of Blackwood-Stirling. It is very pleasing to respond, following a decision cabinet made yesterday to allocate $14.5 million of natural resource funds to 15 major projects throughout Western Australia. It is a substantial investment from the Liberal-National government in protecting the natural resources of this state. Of course, the south west is a substantial recipient of a number of those funds. An amount of $1.25 million in particular has been allocated to water quality improvement through reducing the amount of nutrients into the catchments feeding the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands in Geographe Bay. It is a significant local resource and, of course, something we support in terms of natural resource management funds. Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in the very beautiful natural resources in the south west, a lot of which sits in his electorate and a lot of which sits in my electorate of Blackwood-Stirling. It is very pleasing to respond, following a decision cabinet made yesterday to allocate $14.5 million of natural resource funds to 15 major projects throughout Western Australia. It is a substantial investment from the Liberal-National government in protecting the natural resources of this state. Of course, the south west is a substantial recipient of a number of those funds. An amount of $1.25 million in particular has been allocated to water quality improvement through reducing the amount of nutrients into the catchments feeding the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands in Geographe Bay. It is a significant local resource and, of course, something we support in terms of natural resource management funds. Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in the very beautiful natural resources in the south west, a lot of which sits in his electorate and a lot of which sits in my electorate of Blackwood-Stirling. It is very pleasing to respond, following a decision cabinet made yesterday to allocate $14.5 million of natural resource funds to 15 major projects throughout Western Australia. It is a substantial investment from the Liberal-National government in protecting the natural resources of this state. Of course, the south west is a substantial recipient of a number of those funds. An amount of $1.25 million in particular has been allocated to water quality improvement through reducing the amount of nutrients into the catchments feeding the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands in Geographe Bay. It is a significant local resource and, of course, something we support in terms of natural resource management funds. Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in the very beautiful natural resources in the south west, a lot of which sits in his electorate and a lot of which sits in my electorate of Blackwood-Stirling. It is very pleasing to respond, following a decision cabinet made yesterday to allocate $14.5 million of natural resource funds to 15 major projects throughout Western Australia. It is a substantial investment from the Liberal-National government in protecting the natural resources of this state. Of course, the south west is a substantial recipient of a number of those funds. An amount of $1.25 million in particular has been allocated to water quality improvement through reducing the amount of nutrients into the catchments feeding the Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands in Geographe Bay. It is a significant local resource and, of course, something we support in terms of natural resource management funds. Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Another $1 million has been allocated to a similar project for the Peel-Harvey catchment. Of course, the rest of the state certainly has not missed out, with $200 000 for camel control in the rangelands; $400 000 for the starling eradication program, a significant issue for Western Australia on the south coast; $1.2 million to save threatened fauna at Shark Bay; and $1.6 million to protect national parks from dieback. Significant to these projects is local delivery. Whilst the projects have been developed up through the agencies — Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr M.P. Murray : And delayed because you haven’t been doing your job! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself, can he? He shows up his shortcomings in this area. Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr M.P. Murray It’s 14 months into a new government and you’re only getting it off the ground now. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie-Preston, I have spoken to you, not necessarily in this physical place before, but in Parliament, about asking questions in this place. I will give you every opportunity but I ask you to cease interjecting and I formally call you for the first time. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wanted to make the point that a substantial proportion of these funds will be delivered locally by those local natural resource management groups, which have a passion for the issues that they face and also have a lot of ownership of the challenges that are out there. Therefore, although the funding goes through agencies, a significant proportion of it will be delivered through those localised and on-the-ground natural resource management groups. I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
I believe it is significant, and the member for Collie-Preston makes the point, that what has changed in the past year is the Caring for our Country funds. That is really code for “caring for the eastern states”. If we look at what natural resource management funds are going into Western Australia, we see that the big change is what has happened federally. If members opposite want to make a contribution, they need to lobby their federal government to get their party, the federal Labor Party, to do so. It is the federal government that is welching on Western Australia and on natural resource management in this state. We have committed another $14.5 million of government funds towards natural resource management. This Liberal-National government is making its contribution.
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