❓ Question regarding the revocation of the Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Lakes) Policy and potential developer influence. The Minister defends the decision, citing EPA advice and stringent environmental conditions.
AnsweredQoN 1019Legislative Assembly
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (SWAN COASTAL PLAIN LAKES)
POLICY — REVOCATION
1019. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the
Minister for Environment:
So the minister did not consult any community people? What a
failure!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members. This is a quick supplementary question.
Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE :
I have a supplementary question. Why is the minister doing the bidding of the
developers of this project? Why has he not raised one question about the
environmental failure of this project?
POLICY — REVOCATION
1019. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the
Minister for Environment:
So the minister did not consult any community people? What a
failure!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members. This is a quick supplementary question.
Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE :
I have a supplementary question. Why is the minister doing the bidding of the
developers of this project? Why has he not raised one question about the
environmental failure of this project?
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I do not think a single developer has ever raised revoking
that environmental protection policy with me directly. From my recollection, it
came out of a discussion with the Environmental Protection Authority. I asked
advice from the independent EPA on a range of —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. A quick answer,
please.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I
asked advice on a range of the EPPs, and that was one of the three —
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
A.P. JACOB : That was one of the three EPPs that the EPA advised me were now
superfluous, given subsequent policy developments that have happened in that
space, and that could therefore be removed as part of Repeal Week, which
happens in this place. The question also referred to the environmental
approvals for Roe 8, or the extension of that part of the highway. Again, what
is always missed in this debate is that that was a recommendation of the EPA.
Due process has been followed and the EPA undertook a rigorous assessment. It
lay down conditions and we went through an appeal process, and that appeal
process and my subsequent decision resulted in the firming up of a number of
the conditions that the EPA had recommended, while acknowledging —
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the third time. Are you finished,
minister?
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Just one final point, Mr Speaker.
Although I acknowledge that there will be some impact on the
local environment by this proposal, after careful consideration and also taking
the advice of the EPA into account, we have agreed that these impacts can be
managed appropriately, and we have also applied very stringent conditions and
offsets—more stringent than the EPA itself recommended.
that environmental protection policy with me directly. From my recollection, it
came out of a discussion with the Environmental Protection Authority. I asked
advice from the independent EPA on a range of —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. A quick answer,
please.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I
asked advice on a range of the EPPs, and that was one of the three —
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
A.P. JACOB : That was one of the three EPPs that the EPA advised me were now
superfluous, given subsequent policy developments that have happened in that
space, and that could therefore be removed as part of Repeal Week, which
happens in this place. The question also referred to the environmental
approvals for Roe 8, or the extension of that part of the highway. Again, what
is always missed in this debate is that that was a recommendation of the EPA.
Due process has been followed and the EPA undertook a rigorous assessment. It
lay down conditions and we went through an appeal process, and that appeal
process and my subsequent decision resulted in the firming up of a number of
the conditions that the EPA had recommended, while acknowledging —
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the third time. Are you finished,
minister?
Mr A.P. JACOB :
Just one final point, Mr Speaker.
Although I acknowledge that there will be some impact on the
local environment by this proposal, after careful consideration and also taking
the advice of the EPA into account, we have agreed that these impacts can be
managed appropriately, and we have also applied very stringent conditions and
offsets—more stringent than the EPA itself recommended.
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