❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren asks about the status of Stakehill Swamp, including property purchases, transfer to Parks and Wildlife, management practices, and the involvement of Landcare groups. The answer details property status, lack of transfer timeframe, management practices, and qualifications of the Field Management Officer.
AnsweredQoN 1488Legislative Council
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(1) I refer to question on notice number No. 287, answered on 22 October 2013, and I ask, how many and which properties still need to be purchased? (2) What year and time frame will the Stakehill wetland go to the end managers, the Department of Parks and Wildlife? (3) Given question (2), reports of the area degrading and that end management is some years away, what improvements to the management and environment can be made by Western Australian Planning Commission by: (a) increased spending; (b) community involvement; and (c) recreation use? (4) Previously a Landcare group at Stakehill was involved in on-ground management activities, why has this stopped? (5) Previously fire control was in sympathy with the environmental values of this site, now fire breaks are being rotary hoed, increased in number and inappropriate chemicals used. Why was fire control changed? (6) What review of the previous management practices in (5) were carried out prior to these changes? (7) What hand over was given to the new Field Management Officer? (8) What tertiary qualifications does the new Field Management Officer have?
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Answered
16 September 2014
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Planning
Response time
27 days
(1) The properties still to be purchased or in the process of being purchased to complete Stakehill Swamp are:
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portion of Lot 732 Sixty Eight Road
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portion of Lot 733 Mandurah Road
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portion of Lot 157 Sixty Eight Road
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Lot 756 Jarvis Road
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Lot 778 Jarvis Road
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portion of Lot 849 Eighty Road
(2) No timeframe has been set for the transfer of Stakehill Swamp to the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
(3)(a)-(c) Current reviews of the property by the Field Management staff at the Department of Planning show that no significant degradation has occurred in the past two years.
The department will continue to manage the property on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission in accordance with its standard practices as an interim manager and within budget allocation.
(4) The Department of Planning has moved to the use of panel contracts aligned with State Supply Commission purchasing requirements.
The Landcare group was not successful in providing a competitive tender for this panel.
(5)-(6) No changes have been made to management of this area.
The rotary hoeing was a one-off response to a specific set of circumstances, based on best management practice at the time, and the bare mineral earth firebreak was created in keeping with the management plan.
(7) The Field Management Officer currently managing Stakehill Swamp was provided with files detailing previous management of the area as well as a report undertaken in June 2013 by the Department of Planning's Landscape Architect.
(8) Field Management Officers are not required to have tertiary qualifications.
•
portion of Lot 732 Sixty Eight Road
•
portion of Lot 733 Mandurah Road
•
portion of Lot 157 Sixty Eight Road
•
Lot 756 Jarvis Road
•
Lot 778 Jarvis Road
•
portion of Lot 849 Eighty Road
(2) No timeframe has been set for the transfer of Stakehill Swamp to the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
(3)(a)-(c) Current reviews of the property by the Field Management staff at the Department of Planning show that no significant degradation has occurred in the past two years.
The department will continue to manage the property on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission in accordance with its standard practices as an interim manager and within budget allocation.
(4) The Department of Planning has moved to the use of panel contracts aligned with State Supply Commission purchasing requirements.
The Landcare group was not successful in providing a competitive tender for this panel.
(5)-(6) No changes have been made to management of this area.
The rotary hoeing was a one-off response to a specific set of circumstances, based on best management practice at the time, and the bare mineral earth firebreak was created in keeping with the management plan.
(7) The Field Management Officer currently managing Stakehill Swamp was provided with files detailing previous management of the area as well as a report undertaken in June 2013 by the Department of Planning's Landscape Architect.
(8) Field Management Officers are not required to have tertiary qualifications.
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