❓ Question addresses environmental protection in Perth and Peel due to population growth. The Minister outlines the Liberal-National government's strategic assessment and conservation efforts, facing interjections and criticisms from the opposition.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION — PERTH–PEEL — POPULATION GROWTH 119. Mr J. NORBERGER to the Minister for Environment: Can the minister outline in detail how the Liberal–National government plans to protect the environment of Perth and Peel as the state’s population grows into the future? Mr A.P. JACOB
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I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
119. Mr J. NORBERGER to the Minister for Environment: Can the minister outline in detail how the Liberal–National government plans to protect the environment of Perth and Peel as the state’s population grows into the future? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Can the minister outline in detail how the Liberal–National government plans to protect the environment of Perth and Peel as the state’s population grows into the future? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
119. Mr J. NORBERGER to the Minister for Environment: Can the minister outline in detail how the Liberal–National government plans to protect the environment of Perth and Peel as the state’s population grows into the future? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Can the minister outline in detail how the Liberal–National government plans to protect the environment of Perth and Peel as the state’s population grows into the future? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Not yet, Treasurer, but thank you very much. Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : Are you going to extend the public consultation period? Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get back to the member for Gosnells in a second. First of all, I thank the member for Joondalup for the question. I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I would like to say from the outset that when we look at the list of achievements and outcomes in environment and conservation, this Liberal–National government quite simply has achieved more than any other government in this state’s history. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : If the member for Gosnells wants to ask a question, put your name down. Minister, I do not want a very long answer, and direct it through the Chair. Thanks. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment up to this point has focused on regional areas. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Much of that investment has focused on regional areas, as we would expect. Western Australia is a large state. However, for the past five years this government has been working in the background on the Perth and Peel strategic assessment. That assessment has now been released. What this assessment seeks — Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : No, it hasn’t; there are no maps. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : That is a great comment, because there are maps, member for Gosnells. It has been out for four months. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo! A question was asked. The question has to be answered. I am not going to digress about maps. Could you please answer the question. Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Mr Speaker, I am trying to be brief. What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
What this strategic assessment essentially does is achieve a balanced outcome that will allow the Perth and Peel region to grow from around the two million people who live within that region out to 3.5 million—so, for Perth to almost double or to grow by 70 per cent—but at the same time to achieve that through the mechanism of state and federal environmental approvals and the single largest expansion to a conservation estate ever been achieved in any city anywhere in the world. As an offset to achieve that growth, we are proposing under this plan a 170 000 hectare expansion. Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Gosnells, I call you to order for the second time. Minister, I want a quick answer. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It is not only a 170 000-hectare expansion of the conservation estate, but also a fully funded management program from here to 2050. Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr C.J. Tallentire : It’s a scam. Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Are the interjections I get not interesting? It has been out there for four months now. The maps are available. The member for Gosnells did not even comment until last week. The most interesting part — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Right. Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr D.A. Templeman : It’s a serious matter. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, sorry to disturb you. I call you to order for the second time. Member for Wanneroo, I call you for the second time, I believe. Member for Gosnells, I am giving you a bit of latitude. If you shout out again, you are going to get called. Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It is a serious matter, member for Mandurah, and if ever there was a moment when the Labor Party completely abandoned any environmental credentials, it was last week when the member for Gosnells, off the back of the Labor Party having no alternative plan whatsoever, came out and made the platform for the opposition’s apparent Perth and Peel strategic assessment—that is, to keep the pine plantation. How does that sound, member for Wanneroo? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I thought our biggest environmental challenge was that chain of northern wetlands! Is that now where the member for Mandurah sits? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah! Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr D.A. Templeman : He was having a bit of a go at me, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : I feel sorry for you, but thank you. We started on maps, and now we are on to the pine plantation. Come back to the answer, please. Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I think what that illustrates — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the third time. We are not making good progress. Minister, through the Chair, and just address what you have to. Thank you. Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I did not catch that interjection, Mr Speaker. I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
I again repeat that an expansion of the conservation estate in the Perth and Peel regions by 170 000 hectares will be the single largest conservation estate in any city anywhere in the world, ever. That is the backbone of this plan, and that is something that, bizarrely, the opposition opposes. Not only does it oppose it, but also it has no alternative plan. I am incredibly proud of what this government is doing. We are delivering a balanced outcome not only with that staggering expansion, but also for the growth of the Perth and Peel regions to ensure that we continue to grow as a city — Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Ms S.F. McGurk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Fremantle, I call you to order for the first time. Have you finished, minister? Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : All I would say — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : We have had a bit of fun. I want a short answer through the Chair, and let us move on. Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : This plan underscores the record of this Liberal–National government in environment and conservation. This plan has now come together across the entire state from the Kimberley to the south, and now includes the Perth and Peel regions. I encourage anybody who has an interest to look at this plan, but the most important part of this for me — Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Importantly, as well, it delivers a balanced outcome that allows this state and our capital city to grow, our economy to grow and us to grow as a city to 3.5 million people in a balanced way that also delivers a significant environmental outcome.
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