❓ Hon Peter Collier asks the Minister for Environment about advice received before referring Mineral Resources Limited's (MRL) concerns regarding Ministerial Statement 1054 to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Minister confirms receiving advice and provides details.
AnsweredQoN 2158Legislative Council
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I refer to question without notice 395, answered on 7 May 2019, and I ask: (a) did the Minister receive any advice, either informal or formal, prior to referring the matter to the Environmental Protection Authority; (b) if yes to (a), who provided the advice and on what dates; and (c) will the Minister table any written advice received and, if not, why not?
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Answered
26 June 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
15 days
a) Yes.
(b) – (c) Around the time of Government’s negotiation with Mineral Resources Limited (MRL), I became aware of MRL’s concerns that clauses 8, 9 and 10 of Ministerial Statement 1054 are not implementable. There have been conversations across government on this issue since that time.
MRL wrote to me on 8 February 2019 requesting that conditions 8, 9 and 10 be changed. I received written advice regarding MRL’s request from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 18 February [See tabled paper no. #]. I subsequently wrote to the Environmental Protection Authority on 28 February 2019 requesting that they inquire into and report on whether or not these conditions should be changed.
(b) – (c) Around the time of Government’s negotiation with Mineral Resources Limited (MRL), I became aware of MRL’s concerns that clauses 8, 9 and 10 of Ministerial Statement 1054 are not implementable. There have been conversations across government on this issue since that time.
MRL wrote to me on 8 February 2019 requesting that conditions 8, 9 and 10 be changed. I received written advice regarding MRL’s request from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 18 February [See tabled paper no. #]. I subsequently wrote to the Environmental Protection Authority on 28 February 2019 requesting that they inquire into and report on whether or not these conditions should be changed.
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