❓ Hon Dee Margetts asks about the development of an overarching management plan for the Swan River following concerns raised about its health. Hon Tom Stephens confirms the plan is being finalised and outlines government strategies and funding increases to address the issue.
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I refer to a report in this morning’s The West Australian headed “River will be dead in 10 years”, in which Associate Professor Tony Wong was reported as saying - “There is a need for a strong institutional framework to allow the structural institutional measures to be integrated and there needs to be integration of State and local government bodies,” . . . I refer also to the answer to question without notice 1060 of 27 June 2003 in which the minister confirmed that, despite statutory obligations, there is no overarching management plan for the Swan River. (1) Can we now expect to see an overarching management plan for the Swan River to be developed and introduced? (2) If yes to (1), when; or, if not, why not? (3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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(1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(1) Can we now expect to see an overarching management plan for the Swan River to be developed and introduced? (2) If yes to (1), when; or, if not, why not? (3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(2) If yes to (1), when; or, if not, why not? (3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(1) Can we now expect to see an overarching management plan for the Swan River to be developed and introduced? (2) If yes to (1), when; or, if not, why not? (3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(2) If yes to (1), when; or, if not, why not? (3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(3) Can the minister outline exactly what strategies the Government intends to implement in response to this serious situation as outlined by Associate Professor Wong, especially in relation to the impact of increasing and poorly regulated urban and rural development and issues associated with agricultural land use and deep drainage in the Swan-Avon Rivers catchment areas? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(1) Yes. The public comment period on the draft Riverplan, the environmental management framework for the Swan and Canning Rivers under the “Environmental Protection (Swan and Canning Rivers) Policy 1997”, ended on 24 October 2003. The EPA is in the process of finalising Riverplan. (2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(2) Riverplan is expected to be completed by mid 2004. (3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
(3) A detailed list is provided of the comprehensive strategies and activities of government in response to concerns about the Swan River. I seek leave to have this information incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
The following material was incorporated - · In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment announced an extra $1.2 million on top of the Trust’s existing budget of around $5 million for 2003-04. This was to boost both long and short term projects to manage and protect the rivers, especially focussing on nutrients. · In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· In January 2004, the Premier and the Minister for the Environment announced that the Swan and Canning rivers were again set to benefit from another major funding boost aimed at preserving and protecting the waterways for generations to come. · An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· An extra $15 million will be spent over the next four years on projects such as restoring river foreshores and stripping algae-producing nutrients from drains flowing into the river system. · Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Planning is also under way for the creation of a new Swan and Canning River Park to recognise the iconic status of the Swan and Canning rivers, and a new Swan River Act will also be introduced to give greater powers to the Swan River Trust, the agency charged with protecting the river. · Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Giving a greater mandate to the Swan River Trust through new legislation and with new funding to support its work is vital in ensuring that the river system is managed in an integrated way. · Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· Under the new legislation, the Swan River Trust will be vested with clear responsibilities and powers for managing and protecting the health of the river system. · This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
· This will ensure that the Government’s river and catchment management initiatives are properly coordinated. The programs to receive increased funding under the new $15 million package include: Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Riverbank foreshore protection and restoration: The Government has provided $4 million - a boost of an extra $3.5 million - over the next four years to the Riverbank program, whereby the Swan River Trust works with local government to restore river foreshore, beaches and wetland areas, including through the construction and maintenance of retaining walls. Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Drain rehabilitation and nutrient stripping works: Drains are a major source of nutrients entering the rivers, particularly during low flow periods when nutrient-rich groundwater is discharged. The Government has provided an extra $4 million over the next four years for nutrient-stripping works, including the re-engineering of drains to reduce nutrient discharges, the creation of nutrient stripping wetlands, the restoration of tributary vegetation and the use of Phoslock and other materials which remove nutrients. This is on top of a one-off $750 000 allocation made in 2003-04. River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
River, catchment and drain monitoring programs: Between 2005-06 and 2007-08, the Government will provide an extra $1.35 million to extend programs which monitor nutrient, phytoplankton and non-nutrient contamination levels in waterways, catchment areas and drains. Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
Community-based nutrient reduction works and programs: The Government will provide an extra $1.25 million over five years for catchment groups which implement nutrient reduction works aimed at improving water quality. Such works include the rehabilitation and revegetation of river foreshores, catchments, wetlands, drains and compensating basins. The extra funds will boost the Swan River Trust’s contribution to the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program to $350 000 a year, building on Alcoa funds of $200 000 a year.
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