❓ Hon. Norm Kelly questions the use of Metropolitan Region Improvement Fund (MRIF) money for industrial development on properties not currently zoned for that purpose, and seeks details on MRIF spending on bushland purchases. Minister Foss confirms revenue will return to the fund, industrial development is proposed, cites an improvement plan as justification, and promises a written response regarding bushland purchases.
AnsweredQoN 259Legislative Council
Asked
21 September 2000
Member
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Some notice of this question has been given. Further to question without notice 244, asked yesterday - (1) Will all revenue, including profits from the sale of the 85 properties referred to, be returned to the metropolitan region improvement fund? (2) If not, how much revenue will be returned? (3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(1) Will all revenue, including profits from the sale of the 85 properties referred to, be returned to the metropolitan region improvement fund? (2) If not, how much revenue will be returned? (3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(2) If not, how much revenue will be returned? (3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(1) Will all revenue, including profits from the sale of the 85 properties referred to, be returned to the metropolitan region improvement fund? (2) If not, how much revenue will be returned? (3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(2) If not, how much revenue will be returned? (3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(3) It is proposed that future use of these properties will be for industrial development? (4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(4) As these properties are not currently zoned for industrial use, will the minister explain how MRIF moneys can be used for this purpose, as it appears to be a clear breach of section 38(3) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959? (5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(5) How much MRIF money has been utilised for the purchase of privately-owned bush plan sites in - (a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(a) 1998-99; (b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(b) 1999-2000; and (c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(c) so far this financial year? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(3) Yes. (4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(4) The townsites of Wattleup and Hope Valley are the subject of improvement plan No 31, published in the Government Gazette on 18 June 1999, pursuant to section 37A of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act. (5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
(5) To provide a response to this question requires extensive research and the Minister for Planning will undertake to provide the member with a written response as soon as possible.
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