❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Rottnest Island Authority Amendment Bill 2007, specifically focusing on the size and rationale behind changes to the Rottnest Island settlement area. The Minister provides details on the area's size and explains the boundary adjustments.
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ROTTNEST ISLAND SETTLEMENT AREA
With regard to the debate on the Rottnest Island Authority Amendment Bill 2007, can the minister advise - (1) How many hectares are in the current settlement area on Rottnest Island? (2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE
With regard to the debate on the Rottnest Island Authority Amendment Bill 2007, can the minister advise - (1) How many hectares are in the current settlement area on Rottnest Island? (2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE
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I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(1) How many hectares are in the current settlement area on Rottnest Island? (2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(1) How many hectares are in the current settlement area on Rottnest Island? (2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(2) How many hectares will the settlement comprise after the bill is passed? (3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(3) Which 2004 Rottnest Island Taskforce recommendation states that the settlement area should be increased? (4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(4) If there was no such recommendation, why is the government increasing the settlement area? Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
I thank the member for Alfred Cove for her question. (1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(1) The current Rottnest Island management plan states that the current settlement area is approximately 206 hectares. (2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(2) According to the Department of Land Information plan 50238, the settlement area will increase by approximately 37 hectares to 243 hectares. (3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
(3)-(4) Recommendations 60 and 61 refer to the creation of a national park and state that the park be managed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. In the process of addressing these recommendations, cabinet approved the creation of the Rottnest Island Wadjemup Conservation Reserve and approved that it be managed by the Rottnest Island Authority. The creation of the conservation reserve required a clear delineation of the reserve boundaries to delineate the marine, terrestrial and settlement areas. Negotiations and discussion with the former Department of Conservation and Land Management identified the need for practical boundaries between the activities of the reserve and those of the settlement. As I explained during debate on the bill, this resulted in the inclusion of the heritage-listed Kingstown precinct and Geordie Bay in the settlement area. The best way to sum it up is to say that buildings such as Governors Circle, which comprises eight houses, and the Kingstown Barracks are currently in the settlement boundary. The Kingstown sergeants mess and icons such as the gun emplacements and the cricket pitch are not. It is very sensible and very practical to include the whole of the heritage precinct in the settlement boundary. In other words, if it is good enough for Governors Circle and the barracks to be in the settlement area, logically and practically it makes sense for the sergeants mess and the cricket pitch also to be within the boundary of the settlement area. Just to reaffirm and to reassure members on both sides of the house that this is not a land grab, we have absolutely no intention of proposing development - none whatsoever. This is a very practical attempt to clarify the boundaries, to ensure that we can educate the thousands of visitors to the island on where the conservation reserve is and to ensure appropriate management of that settlement area.
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