Dr. Brad Pettitt questions the Minister for Environment regarding the frequency and advice provided by the Threatened Species and Ecological Communities Scientific Committees, noting a gap in published notices. The Minister defers the question for a more detailed response.

AnsweredQoN 888Legislative Council
Asked
28 October 2021
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Environment

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THREATENED SPECIES AND THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
888. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
Under
the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, the minister may by order list
specially protected species, threatened species and collapsed ecological
communities. The last notices published in the Government Gazette for
threatened flora was on 11 September 2018, three years ago.
Will the minister provide the dates
that —
(a) the
Threatened Species Scientific Committee met in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021;
(b) the Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific
Committee met in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021;
(c) the
Threatened Species Scientific Committee provided the Minister for Environment
or the department with advice on the listing of threatened species or the like
between January 2016 and October 2021; and
(d) the
Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific Committee provided advice to the
Minister for Environment or the department
on the listing of threatened ecological communities or c ollapsed
communities between January 2016 and October 2021?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
There
were some words in the honourable member's question that I have that
are slightly different from the ones that he read out. Nonetheless, I ask
that the honourable member place his question on notice to allow for a fulsome
and accurate response.

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