❓ Opposition questions the Minister for Planning's impartiality in decisions affecting the Plunkett family due to a past dispute. The Premier defends the Minister but commits to assigning the decisions to another minister to ensure due process and avoid accusations of bias.
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I refer to the long and bitter neighbourhood dispute in Highgate involving the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and the Plunkett family, now of Moore River, that resulted in the minister being forced to pay the Plunketts’ legal costs before she lodged a further complaint with the Perth City Council regarding noise emissions from their property. Given that there is a long history of animosity between the Plunketts and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, will the Premier now direct the minister to stand aside from - (a) determining the Plunketts’ subdivision appeal to the Town Planning Tribunal; and (b) signing off on the amended Gingin coast structural plan that seeks to rezone the Plunketts’ land from urban to rural? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
(a) determining the Plunketts’ subdivision appeal to the Town Planning Tribunal; and (b) signing off on the amended Gingin coast structural plan that seeks to rezone the Plunketts’ land from urban to rural? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
(b) signing off on the amended Gingin coast structural plan that seeks to rezone the Plunketts’ land from urban to rural? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
(a) determining the Plunketts’ subdivision appeal to the Town Planning Tribunal; and (b) signing off on the amended Gingin coast structural plan that seeks to rezone the Plunketts’ land from urban to rural? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
(b) signing off on the amended Gingin coast structural plan that seeks to rezone the Plunketts’ land from urban to rural? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Let me begin by saying that this is a beat-up by the opposition in this Parliament. The minister is not biased and she has conducted herself properly in respect of this issue. We as a government have a very clear commitment to make sure that due process occurs and is seen to occur. We will not allow the outcome of this very important issue to be tarnished in any way by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Therefore, we have taken advice on this question in respect of both the subdivision application, which is currently before the State Administrative Tribunal and is being heard, but has been pulled in, as it were, by the minister under the relevant legislation, and the new town planning scheme amendments that have come out of the structure plan and will at some point be given to the minister. In respect of both of those issues, we will take action to make sure that those matters are not heard by the minister because there is no way that we will allow our good processes to be tarnished by the antics of the Liberal Party in this Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
The SPEAKER : Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : The options that are available to us are under the Town Planning and Development Bill, which is currently in the Legislative Council. Of course, the government is very keen to see that passed before the end of this year. The legislation contains a clear power of delegation. Should that measure not be available to us, we will take other steps to make sure that this matter is heard in a way in which absolutely no claims can be made by members of the Liberal Party opposite in the way that they did yesterday. The issue has always been treated on the basis of the policy questions involved. On this side of the house, we are about protecting our coastline. We saw what those on that side of the house would have done at Smith’s Beach and Coral Bay, and, of course, we now see their intentions in respect of Moore River. What an opposition! Let us look at their contribution to coastal management. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition sat on his hands as shire president at Busselton while the jetty fell into disrepair. What a contribution the Leader of the Opposition has made to coastal management: the best contribution he has made to coastal management is to take a table out at the Blue Duck restaurant with his friend NCB and plot the downfall of the member for Cottesloe. That was his only contribution to coastal management! Make no mistake; the people of Western Australia know where the Labor Party stands on coastal management. Let me remind members of the house of our policy. Labor sees the river estuarine system of Moore River as a particularly valuable environmental asset, not only to the local community but to the tens of thousands of local tourists who visit the area each year. The proposed urban development of a 557-hectare site on the south bank of the river will almost certainly destroy much of what is valuable environmentally and recreationally about Moore River. It is Labor’s view that the approval by the Court government of the Moore River south urban rezoning and development was a grave mistake and made without regard for the proper planning of either Moore River or the metropolitan area. We took that policy to the election. We are working on that policy through the proper planning processes in Western Australia. That is exactly what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has done. She is not biased in this matter, but because of the antics of the opposition, and because we will make sure that due process is always seen to be done in Western Australia, we will ensure that, in respect of those two issues, another minister and another process will be assigned to deal with them. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Murray.
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