❓ Question on Notice regarding mining tenements in Wittenoom, focusing on government actions to prevent new tenements, cancel existing ones, and protect the health of both mining workers and residents, given the known asbestos risks.
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WITTENOOM — MINING TENEMENTS
Perhaps I should ask if there is a problem with the broadband! Hon Kim Chance : I don’t think so. Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD
Perhaps I should ask if there is a problem with the broadband! Hon Kim Chance : I don’t think so. Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon Kim Chance : I don’t think so. Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon Kim Chance : I don’t think so. Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. I was given a note to say that the minister would be out on the road this week, but he is actually here. I will ask him the question and if he does not have an answer, I will have to assume he is out on the road. I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
I refer the minister to the government’s endeavour to close the town of Wittenoom. (1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(1) Is the minister aware of mining industry interests in the area? (2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(2) Has the minister taken any steps to stop any new mining tenement applications being granted in the area; and, if not, why not? (3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(3) Has the minister taken any steps to have granted mining tenements in the area cancelled; and, if not, why not? (4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(4) Will the minister explain how the health of mining industry people will be protected in the Wittenoom area and why the same standards cannot be applied to the residents? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question, and I am not on the road. (1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(1) Yes. (2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(2) No. The granting or stopping of mining tenements is the responsibility of the Minister for Resources, who may impose special risk management conditions on tenements. (3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(3) No. See the answer to (2). (4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
(4) In addition to the asbestos management plan required by the Department of Industry and Resources, specific requirements and safeguards are in place for workers through the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. These include a risk assessment, limits on the time of exposure, protective suits and respirators and limits on the types of activities undertaken, and risk management also includes limiting access to exposure. Wittenoom residents have, by their own choice, been exposed over prolonged periods with no such protection, despite being informed of the danger. They hold freehold title to their properties, so we have no ability to impose any similar protections on them. I am gravely concerned for the health of tourists and other transient people visiting the town and ignoring the warnings.
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