❓ A parliamentary question investigates alleged unauthorised and environmentally damaging dredging by Cockburn Cement in Cockburn Sound. The answer denies any new channel dredging or increased dredging rates.
AnsweredQoN 4157Legislative Council
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I have recently received an apparently credible report concerning unauthorised and environmentally damaging dredging operations conducted over the last 20 months by Cockburn Cement, I ask -
(1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time period?
(2) If yes to (1), where has this increased dredging occurred?
(3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound?
(4) If yes to (3), when was this project environmentally assessed and approved?
(5) What changes have occurred to the extent of seagrass meadows in Cockburn Sound as a consequence?
(1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time period?
(2) If yes to (1), where has this increased dredging occurred?
(3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound?
(4) If yes to (3), when was this project environmentally assessed and approved?
(5) What changes have occurred to the extent of seagrass meadows in Cockburn Sound as a consequence?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 October 2006
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
48 days
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