❓ This parliamentary question seeks detailed information on the Western Australian Planning Commission's (WAPC) acquisition of Bush Forever sites, including recent acquisitions, sites still to be acquired, and a comprehensive list of all Bush Forever sites currently owned by the WAPC.
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(1) How many and which Bush Forever sites were acquired by the WA Government
via the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in the year 2025?(2) How many and which Bush Forever sites have been acquired by the WA
Government via the WAPC so far this year 2026?(3) Which Bush Forever sites are still to be acquired by the WA
Government regardless of their current zoning?(4) For each site in (3), please give their Bush Forever name, number and area in hectares?(5) We are advised that the WAPC has acquired and still owns 65 Bush Forever
sites, please give us a list of these sites, their name, site number, and
site area in hectares?
(1) How many and which Bush Forever sites were acquired by the WA Government
via the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in the year 2025?
(2) How many and which Bush Forever sites have been acquired by the WA
Government via the WAPC so far this year 2026?
(3) Which Bush Forever sites are still to be acquired by the WA
Government regardless of their current zoning?
(4) For each site in (3), please give their Bush Forever name, number and area in hectares?
(5) We are advised that the WAPC has acquired and still owns 65 Bush Forever
sites, please give us a list of these sites, their name, site number, and
site area in hectares?
via the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in the year 2025?(2) How many and which Bush Forever sites have been acquired by the WA
Government via the WAPC so far this year 2026?(3) Which Bush Forever sites are still to be acquired by the WA
Government regardless of their current zoning?(4) For each site in (3), please give their Bush Forever name, number and area in hectares?(5) We are advised that the WAPC has acquired and still owns 65 Bush Forever
sites, please give us a list of these sites, their name, site number, and
site area in hectares?
(1) How many and which Bush Forever sites were acquired by the WA Government
via the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in the year 2025?
(2) How many and which Bush Forever sites have been acquired by the WA
Government via the WAPC so far this year 2026?
(3) Which Bush Forever sites are still to be acquired by the WA
Government regardless of their current zoning?
(4) For each site in (3), please give their Bush Forever name, number and area in hectares?
(5) We are advised that the WAPC has acquired and still owns 65 Bush Forever
sites, please give us a list of these sites, their name, site number, and
site area in hectares?
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Answered
9 June 2026
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Planning and Lands
Response time
6 days
(1) Two: Site 299 and Site 324.
(2) One: Site 384.
(3) There are portions of seven Bush Forever sites reserved as Regional Open Space under Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment 1082/33 that are still to be brought into the State Government’s ownership. Sites that are not reserved for Regional Open Space are not intended for acquisition by the Western Australian Planning Commission.
(4)
Site No
Site Name
Site Area
(approx. hectares)
2
Northeast Ellen Brook Bushland, Bullsbrook
9.6
125
Holmes Street Bushland, Southern River/Huntingdale
19.4
227
Mount Henry Bushland, Salter Point
8.8
268
Mandogalup Road Bushland, Mandogalup
63
270
Sandy Lake and Adjacent Bushland, Anketell
63.7
271
Cardup Brook Bushland, Cardup/Peel Estate
0.9
378
Henderson Road Bushland, Peel Estate
55.2
(5) The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) owns properties in the following 85 Bush Forever sites:
Site No
Site Name
WAPC-owned Site Area (approx. hectares)
2
North East Ellenbrook Bushland, Bullsbrook
26
22
Egerton Mound Spring & Adjacent Bushland, Ellenbrook
33
42
Toodyay Road Bushland, Red Hill
4
43
Cottonwood Crescent, Dianella
5
45
Poison Gully Bushland, High Wycombe
2
50
Welshpool Road Bushland, Wattle Grove
3
61
Connell Avenue Bushland, Kelmscott
20
65
Abernethy Road Bushland, Oakford
20
74
Rapids Road Bushland
47
77
Yangedi Swamp, Keysbrook
257
97
Kirby Road Bushland, Bullsbrook
26
123
Sultana Road West Bushland, High Wycombe
15
125
Holmes Street Bushland, Southern River
61
129
Bernard Road, Carabooda
7
130
Link between Yanchep & Neerabup National Parks
4
147
Mariginiup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Mariginiup
99
164
Conti Road Bushland, Wanneroo
4
193
Gnangara Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Gnangara/Lexia
13
198
Beechboro Road Bushland, Cullacabardee/Ballajura
442
200
Caversham Airbase Bushland, West Swan
137
213
Bushmead Bushland, Swan
10
214
Ashfield Flats, Bassendean
30
224
Canning River Regional Park & Adjacent Bushland, Riverton to Langford
74
246
Canning & Southern Rivers, Beckenham
155
247
Manning Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Hamilton Hill/Spearwood
14
253
Harrisdale Swamp and Adjacent Bushland, Forrestdale
110
256
Yangebup & Little Rush Lakes, Yangebup
171
260
Southern River and Adjoining Bushland, Westfield
1
263
Banjup Bushland, Banjup
76
266
Wungong Brook, Byford
6
267
Mandogalup Road Bushland, Hope Valley
16
269
The Spectacles
38
270
Sandy Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Anketell
51
272
Sicklemore Road Bushland, Parmelia/Casuarina
21
282
Tomas Road Bushland, Wattle Grove
7
284
South West Link from Wilbinga to Yanchep National Park
634
288
Yanchep National Park & Adjacent Bushland
176
289
Ningana Bushland, Yanchep/Eglinton
615
293
Shire View Hill & Adjacent Bushland, Nowergup/Neerabup
34
294
Pearce Aerodrome & Adjacent Bushland, Bullsbrook
2
295
Flynn Drive Bushland, Neerabup
10
299
Yellagonga Regional Park, Wanneroo/Woodvale/Kingsley
67
300
Maralla Road Bushland, Ellenbrook/Upper Swan
333
302
Swan River & Jane Brook, Ashfield to Upper Swan
16
304
Whiteman Park, Whiteman/West Swan
399
305
Bennett Brook, Eden Hill to West Swan
137
313
Swan River Saltmarshes, Bayswater/Maylands
30
314
Swan River Foreshore, Mount Lawley/Maylands
3
320
Hartfield Park Bushland, Forrestfield
5
322
Burns Beach Bushland
89
324
Jandabup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Jandabup
214
326
Hawkins Road, Jandabup/Gnangara
31
340
Phoebe Street Bushland, Southern River
2
342
Anstey/Keane Dampland & Adjacent Bushland, Forrestdale
317
344
Dennis De Young Reserve & Gibbs Road Swamp Bushland, Forrestdale
256
345
Forrestdale Lake & Adjacent bushland, Forrestdale
167
346
Brownman Swamp, Mt Brown Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Naval Base
47
347
Wandi Nature Reserve and Anketell Road Bushland, Wandi/Oakford
480
348
Modong Nature Reserve and Adjacent Bushland, Oakford
136
349
Leda & Adjacent Bushland, Leda
29
356
Lake Cooloongup, Lake Walyungup and Adjacent Bushland, Hillman to Port Kennedy
1289
360
Mundijong and Watkins Roads Bushland, Mundijong/Peel Estate
3
376
Baldivis Road Bushland, Baldivis
4
379
Anstey Swamp, Karnup
289
382
Lake Pinjar & Adjacent Bushland, Pinjar
1314
383
Neerabup National Park, Neerabup
503
384
Neerabup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Neerabup
375
385
Reid Highway Bushland, Mirrabooka
78
387
Greater Brixton Street Wetlands, Kenwick
12
389
Acourt Road Bushland, Banjup
245
390
Fraser Road Bushland, Banjup
20
391
Thompsons Lake Nature Reserve & Adjacent Bushland, Beeliar
13
393
Wattleup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Wattleup/Mandogalup
3
394
Lake Amarillo, Serpentine River & Adjacent Bushland, Karnup
7
395
Paganoni Swamp and Adjacent Bushland, Karnup
721
397
Coastal Strip from Wilbinga to Mindarie
86
398
Chitty Road Bushland, Pinjar
31
413
Balannup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Southern River/Forrestdale
72
418
Folly Pool, Baldivis
2
419
Maramanup Pool, Baldivis
14
456
Nicholson Road Bushland, Langford/Thornlie
15
464
Matison Street Bushland, Southern River
24
465
Passmore Street Bushland, Southern River
19
466
Gooseberry Hill Road Bushland, Gooseberry Hill
8
491
Stirling Crescent Bushland, Hazelmere
12
(2) One: Site 384.
(3) There are portions of seven Bush Forever sites reserved as Regional Open Space under Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment 1082/33 that are still to be brought into the State Government’s ownership. Sites that are not reserved for Regional Open Space are not intended for acquisition by the Western Australian Planning Commission.
(4)
Site No
Site Name
Site Area
(approx. hectares)
2
Northeast Ellen Brook Bushland, Bullsbrook
9.6
125
Holmes Street Bushland, Southern River/Huntingdale
19.4
227
Mount Henry Bushland, Salter Point
8.8
268
Mandogalup Road Bushland, Mandogalup
63
270
Sandy Lake and Adjacent Bushland, Anketell
63.7
271
Cardup Brook Bushland, Cardup/Peel Estate
0.9
378
Henderson Road Bushland, Peel Estate
55.2
(5) The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) owns properties in the following 85 Bush Forever sites:
Site No
Site Name
WAPC-owned Site Area (approx. hectares)
2
North East Ellenbrook Bushland, Bullsbrook
26
22
Egerton Mound Spring & Adjacent Bushland, Ellenbrook
33
42
Toodyay Road Bushland, Red Hill
4
43
Cottonwood Crescent, Dianella
5
45
Poison Gully Bushland, High Wycombe
2
50
Welshpool Road Bushland, Wattle Grove
3
61
Connell Avenue Bushland, Kelmscott
20
65
Abernethy Road Bushland, Oakford
20
74
Rapids Road Bushland
47
77
Yangedi Swamp, Keysbrook
257
97
Kirby Road Bushland, Bullsbrook
26
123
Sultana Road West Bushland, High Wycombe
15
125
Holmes Street Bushland, Southern River
61
129
Bernard Road, Carabooda
7
130
Link between Yanchep & Neerabup National Parks
4
147
Mariginiup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Mariginiup
99
164
Conti Road Bushland, Wanneroo
4
193
Gnangara Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Gnangara/Lexia
13
198
Beechboro Road Bushland, Cullacabardee/Ballajura
442
200
Caversham Airbase Bushland, West Swan
137
213
Bushmead Bushland, Swan
10
214
Ashfield Flats, Bassendean
30
224
Canning River Regional Park & Adjacent Bushland, Riverton to Langford
74
246
Canning & Southern Rivers, Beckenham
155
247
Manning Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Hamilton Hill/Spearwood
14
253
Harrisdale Swamp and Adjacent Bushland, Forrestdale
110
256
Yangebup & Little Rush Lakes, Yangebup
171
260
Southern River and Adjoining Bushland, Westfield
1
263
Banjup Bushland, Banjup
76
266
Wungong Brook, Byford
6
267
Mandogalup Road Bushland, Hope Valley
16
269
The Spectacles
38
270
Sandy Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Anketell
51
272
Sicklemore Road Bushland, Parmelia/Casuarina
21
282
Tomas Road Bushland, Wattle Grove
7
284
South West Link from Wilbinga to Yanchep National Park
634
288
Yanchep National Park & Adjacent Bushland
176
289
Ningana Bushland, Yanchep/Eglinton
615
293
Shire View Hill & Adjacent Bushland, Nowergup/Neerabup
34
294
Pearce Aerodrome & Adjacent Bushland, Bullsbrook
2
295
Flynn Drive Bushland, Neerabup
10
299
Yellagonga Regional Park, Wanneroo/Woodvale/Kingsley
67
300
Maralla Road Bushland, Ellenbrook/Upper Swan
333
302
Swan River & Jane Brook, Ashfield to Upper Swan
16
304
Whiteman Park, Whiteman/West Swan
399
305
Bennett Brook, Eden Hill to West Swan
137
313
Swan River Saltmarshes, Bayswater/Maylands
30
314
Swan River Foreshore, Mount Lawley/Maylands
3
320
Hartfield Park Bushland, Forrestfield
5
322
Burns Beach Bushland
89
324
Jandabup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Jandabup
214
326
Hawkins Road, Jandabup/Gnangara
31
340
Phoebe Street Bushland, Southern River
2
342
Anstey/Keane Dampland & Adjacent Bushland, Forrestdale
317
344
Dennis De Young Reserve & Gibbs Road Swamp Bushland, Forrestdale
256
345
Forrestdale Lake & Adjacent bushland, Forrestdale
167
346
Brownman Swamp, Mt Brown Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Naval Base
47
347
Wandi Nature Reserve and Anketell Road Bushland, Wandi/Oakford
480
348
Modong Nature Reserve and Adjacent Bushland, Oakford
136
349
Leda & Adjacent Bushland, Leda
29
356
Lake Cooloongup, Lake Walyungup and Adjacent Bushland, Hillman to Port Kennedy
1289
360
Mundijong and Watkins Roads Bushland, Mundijong/Peel Estate
3
376
Baldivis Road Bushland, Baldivis
4
379
Anstey Swamp, Karnup
289
382
Lake Pinjar & Adjacent Bushland, Pinjar
1314
383
Neerabup National Park, Neerabup
503
384
Neerabup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Neerabup
375
385
Reid Highway Bushland, Mirrabooka
78
387
Greater Brixton Street Wetlands, Kenwick
12
389
Acourt Road Bushland, Banjup
245
390
Fraser Road Bushland, Banjup
20
391
Thompsons Lake Nature Reserve & Adjacent Bushland, Beeliar
13
393
Wattleup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Wattleup/Mandogalup
3
394
Lake Amarillo, Serpentine River & Adjacent Bushland, Karnup
7
395
Paganoni Swamp and Adjacent Bushland, Karnup
721
397
Coastal Strip from Wilbinga to Mindarie
86
398
Chitty Road Bushland, Pinjar
31
413
Balannup Lake & Adjacent Bushland, Southern River/Forrestdale
72
418
Folly Pool, Baldivis
2
419
Maramanup Pool, Baldivis
14
456
Nicholson Road Bushland, Langford/Thornlie
15
464
Matison Street Bushland, Southern River
24
465
Passmore Street Bushland, Southern River
19
466
Gooseberry Hill Road Bushland, Gooseberry Hill
8
491
Stirling Crescent Bushland, Hazelmere
12
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