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❓ Mr Marmion asks about the backlog of Clearing Permit applications with the Department of Mines and Petroleum across multiple financial years. The Minister provides partial answers, citing data availability and resource constraints.

AnsweredQoN 3262Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 June 2018

Member

Mr W.R. Marmion

Portfolio

Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

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Can the Minister advise how many applications for Clearing Permits had been lodged with the department and were still awaiting approval by the end of the following financial years: (a) 2007/08; (b) 2008/09; (c) 2009/10; (d) 2010/11; (e) 2011/12; (f) 2012/13; (g) 2013/14; (h) 2014/15; (i) 2015/16; (j) 2016/17; and (k) this financial year at the end of May 2018?

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Answered

14 August 2018

Responded by

Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

Response time

8 days

(a) – (c) Information of this nature does not exist in a format that allows for a ready response to this question. The provision of this information involves considerable investigation of individual departmental records which would divert staff away from their normal duties and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide an answer.
(d) – (j) This information is produced and published quarterly on the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety’s website and can be accessed at: http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Investors/Approvals-14055.aspx
(k) This information will be available and published on the Department’s website in August 2018.

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