❓ A member of parliament questions Cockburn Cement's dredging operations, alleging environmental damage. The Minister for the Environment's representative defers answering, requesting the question be placed on notice due to insufficient time to gather information.
AnsweredQoN 639Legislative Council
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COCKBURN CEMENT - DREDGING OPERATIONS
I have recently received an apparently credible report concerning unauthorised and environmentally damaging dredging operations conducted over the past 20 months by Cockburn Cement. (1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time? (2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I have recently received an apparently credible report concerning unauthorised and environmentally damaging dredging operations conducted over the past 20 months by Cockburn Cement. (1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time? (2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time? (2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(1) Has Cockburn Cement increased its rate of dredging over this time? (2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(2) If yes, where has this increased dredging occurred? (3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(3) Has a new channel been dredged into Cockburn Sound? (4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(4) If yes, when was this project environmentally assessed and approved? (5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
(5) To what extent have changes occurred to seagrass meadows as a consequence? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for the Environment, I provide the following response, which the member will not like. Information cannot be made available in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
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