❓ A parliamentary question regarding plans for water extraction from the Yarragadee Aquifer. The Minister deflects the question, citing due process and the need to await an independent assessment, leading to interjections and disorder.
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YARRAGADEE AQUIFER - PLANS FOR WATER EXTRACTION
I ask a supplementary question. How can the community have faith in the minister’s ability to protect the environment if he cannot answer the question? Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN
I ask a supplementary question. How can the community have faith in the minister’s ability to protect the environment if he cannot answer the question? Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN
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Clearly, the member for Capel lacks an understanding of the process. Having taken over the portfolios of the environment and climate change, I will ensure that due process is followed. Part of that due process is to ensure that the independent Appeals Convener has an opportunity to present an independent assessment of the proposal. It would be inappropriate to second-guess the independent Appeals Convener’s report before I have read it and made a determination. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN replied: Clearly, the member for Capel lacks an understanding of the process. Having taken over the portfolios of the environment and climate change, I will ensure that due process is followed. Part of that due process is to ensure that the independent Appeals Convener has an opportunity to present an independent assessment of the proposal. It would be inappropriate to second-guess the independent Appeals Convener’s report before I have read it and made a determination. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Clearly, the member for Capel lacks an understanding of the process. Having taken over the portfolios of the environment and climate change, I will ensure that due process is followed. Part of that due process is to ensure that the independent Appeals Convener has an opportunity to present an independent assessment of the proposal. It would be inappropriate to second-guess the independent Appeals Convener’s report before I have read it and made a determination. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN replied: Clearly, the member for Capel lacks an understanding of the process. Having taken over the portfolios of the environment and climate change, I will ensure that due process is followed. Part of that due process is to ensure that the independent Appeals Convener has an opportunity to present an independent assessment of the proposal. It would be inappropriate to second-guess the independent Appeals Convener’s report before I have read it and made a determination. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Clearly, the member for Capel lacks an understanding of the process. Having taken over the portfolios of the environment and climate change, I will ensure that due process is followed. Part of that due process is to ensure that the independent Appeals Convener has an opportunity to present an independent assessment of the proposal. It would be inappropriate to second-guess the independent Appeals Convener’s report before I have read it and made a determination. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the members for Cottesloe, Vasse and Roe to order.
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