❓ Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Environment regarding the Great Western Woodlands Reference Group, its establishment, membership, and activities. The Minister provides detailed answers, including tabling the terms of reference.
AnsweredQoN 685Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
GREAT WESTERN
WOODLANDS REFERENCE GROUP
685. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to the great western woodlands reference group set up
to advise the Department of Environment and Conservation on the implementation
of the GWW conservation strategy.
(1) When was the group established?
(2) Are the terms of reference for the group publicly
available?
(3) If yes to (2), can the minister please advise where?
(4) If no to (2), will the minister provide a copy of the
terms of reference; and, if not, why not?
(5) Who are the members of the group and which key
stakeholder groups do they represent?
(6) How often has the group met?
(7) Have any key stakeholders stopped participating in the
group?
(8) If so, which key stakeholders have withdrawn and why?
WOODLANDS REFERENCE GROUP
685. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to the great western woodlands reference group set up
to advise the Department of Environment and Conservation on the implementation
of the GWW conservation strategy.
(1) When was the group established?
(2) Are the terms of reference for the group publicly
available?
(3) If yes to (2), can the minister please advise where?
(4) If no to (2), will the minister provide a copy of the
terms of reference; and, if not, why not?
(5) Who are the members of the group and which key
stakeholder groups do they represent?
(6) How often has the group met?
(7) Have any key stakeholders stopped participating in the
group?
(8) If so, which key stakeholders have withdrawn and why?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1) The great western woodlands reference group had its
inaugural meeting on 30 March 2011.
(2)–(4)
The terms of reference were developed in consultation with and adopted by the
great western woodlands reference group. I table the following document of the
actual terms of reference.
[See paper
4982.]
Hon HELEN MORTON : The answer continues —
(5) The
membership of the great western woodlands reference group is as follows: Jim
Sharp, Department of Environment and Conservation; Gary Kenward, Shire Of
Yilgarn; Councillor Sue Meeking, Shire of Kondinin; Councillor Betty Logan,
Shire of Coolgardie; representative to be confirmed, Australian Wildlife
Conservancy; Simon Bennison, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
Inc; Ross Wood, Pastoralists and Graziers Association; Trevor Donaldson,
Goldfields Land and Sea Council; Robert Hicks, Goldfields–Esperance
Development Commission; Peter Robertson, the Wilderness Society; David Gleeson,
Kalgoorlie–Boulder Urban Land Care Group; Kane Moyle, Chamber of
Minerals and Energy; Sean Ashcroft, Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders
Association of Western Australia; Richard Brookes, Shire of Dundas; Councillor
Nat James, City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder; and, Jim Williams, community
member.
(6) The group has met four times since 30 March 2011.
(7) Yes.
(8) The
Western Australian Farmers Federation has withdrawn its representation due to
its capacity to attend meetings. Gondwana Link has also withdrawn its
representation due to concerns regarding the consideration of its views on the
bushfire mitigation works program.
(1) The great western woodlands reference group had its
inaugural meeting on 30 March 2011.
(2)–(4)
The terms of reference were developed in consultation with and adopted by the
great western woodlands reference group. I table the following document of the
actual terms of reference.
[See paper
4982.]
Hon HELEN MORTON : The answer continues —
(5) The
membership of the great western woodlands reference group is as follows: Jim
Sharp, Department of Environment and Conservation; Gary Kenward, Shire Of
Yilgarn; Councillor Sue Meeking, Shire of Kondinin; Councillor Betty Logan,
Shire of Coolgardie; representative to be confirmed, Australian Wildlife
Conservancy; Simon Bennison, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
Inc; Ross Wood, Pastoralists and Graziers Association; Trevor Donaldson,
Goldfields Land and Sea Council; Robert Hicks, Goldfields–Esperance
Development Commission; Peter Robertson, the Wilderness Society; David Gleeson,
Kalgoorlie–Boulder Urban Land Care Group; Kane Moyle, Chamber of
Minerals and Energy; Sean Ashcroft, Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders
Association of Western Australia; Richard Brookes, Shire of Dundas; Councillor
Nat James, City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder; and, Jim Williams, community
member.
(6) The group has met four times since 30 March 2011.
(7) Yes.
(8) The
Western Australian Farmers Federation has withdrawn its representation due to
its capacity to attend meetings. Gondwana Link has also withdrawn its
representation due to concerns regarding the consideration of its views on the
bushfire mitigation works program.
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