❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the delay in releasing the Water Services Coordination Act review and asks if the report questions the suitability of an independent economic regulator for WA's water. Hon Tom Stephens responds that the report was provided on time and is awaiting Cabinet consideration, and denies that the report questions the regulator model.
AnsweredQoN 979Legislative Council
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(1) Can the Minister advise why the report on the review of the Water Services Coordination Act - which should have been available from 1 April 2003 - has not yet been publicly released? (2) Can the minister confirm that the report for this review, which was headed by Tom Parry, chair of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales, seriously questions whether an independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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(1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(2) Can the minister confirm that the report for this review, which was headed by Tom Parry, chair of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales, seriously questions whether an independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(2) Can the minister confirm that the report for this review, which was headed by Tom Parry, chair of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales, seriously questions whether an independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(1) As required the report of the Water Services Coordination Act review panel was provided to the minister on 31 March 2003. The minister is in the process of having the report considered by Cabinet prior to its being laid before each House of Parliament. (2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
(2) The report associated with the review of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995 does not question whether the proposed model for the independent economic regulator is the best model for regulating water in Western Australia.
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