❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries regarding mining operations in Ludlow State Forest. The Minister deflects, stating the question falls under the purview of the Minister for the Environment.
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With regard to the proposed mining in the Ludlow state forest on tenement M70/86 - (1) Has the minister been consulted and granted express consent to undertake mining operations on this tenement, as set out in section 24(6)(b) of the Mining Act 1978; and, if so, when was consent given? (2) Will the minister table written copies of any such consent? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(1) Has the minister been consulted and granted express consent to undertake mining operations on this tenement, as set out in section 24(6)(b) of the Mining Act 1978; and, if so, when was consent given? (2) Will the minister table written copies of any such consent? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(2) Will the minister table written copies of any such consent? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(1) Has the minister been consulted and granted express consent to undertake mining operations on this tenement, as set out in section 24(6)(b) of the Mining Act 1978; and, if so, when was consent given? (2) Will the minister table written copies of any such consent? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(2) Will the minister table written copies of any such consent? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(4) Will the minister table copies of any terms or conditions issued with his consent, and advise what due diligence was carried out in issuing this consent? (5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(5) If no to (4), why not? (6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(6) If no to (1), will the minister specifically refuse his consent to mine on the grounds that the state forest in question is too valuable to be subject to mining? (7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(7) If no to (6), why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
I thank Hon Robin Chapple for the question. I was a little surprised by the format of the question. It caused me to consult the Mining Act to provide an answer. I have read the parts of the Mining Act 1978 to which I believe the honourable member’s question relates. (1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
(1)-(7) Section 24(6)(b) requires the minister to consult with and obtain the concurrence of the responsible minister. As an outcome of section 24(6)(a), the effect of paragraph (b) relates solely to matters arising from section 24(1)(d). Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon Ken Travers: It sounds like legal advice to me. Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
Hon KIM CHANCE: It is legal advice; however, it is poor legal advice because I am providing it! I did get it checked. Section 24(1)(d) relates to land that is state forest or timber reserve within the meaning of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. I am not the Conservation and Land Management Act minister. The question, therefore, should be directed to the Minister for the Environment.
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