❓ Mr. Tallentire questions the Minister for Environment regarding land clearing and its potential impact on land degradation, alleging the Minister is disregarding the concerns of farmers. The Minister defends the policy as an election commitment welcomed by pastoralists and graziers.
AnsweredQoN 891Legislative Assembly
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891. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the Minister
for Environment:
I ask a supplementary question. Why is the minister not
listening to the vast majority of farmers, who do not want to see any more land
degradation?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Treasurer, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE :
Why is the minister, as environment minister, putting in jeopardy vast areas of
this state? The clearing of at least 18 000 hectares of land a year is what the
minister is about to allow.
891. Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE to the Minister
for Environment:
I ask a supplementary question. Why is the minister not
listening to the vast majority of farmers, who do not want to see any more land
degradation?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Treasurer, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr C.J. TALLENTIRE :
Why is the minister, as environment minister, putting in jeopardy vast areas of
this state? The clearing of at least 18 000 hectares of land a year is what the
minister is about to allow.
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As I said, this was clearly an election commitment that the
government put out. This commitment was incredibly welcomed by the Pastoralists
and Graziers' Association.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members! Nobody can hear on either side.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It
is also a commitment that was made specifically to the farmers in Esperance
when the former Minister for Environment was down there. I think it will be
strongly welcomed across the length and breadth of regional Western Australia
by the very people who have for generations been managing their own farmland.
government put out. This commitment was incredibly welcomed by the Pastoralists
and Graziers' Association.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members! Nobody can hear on either side.
Mr A.P. JACOB : It
is also a commitment that was made specifically to the farmers in Esperance
when the former Minister for Environment was down there. I think it will be
strongly welcomed across the length and breadth of regional Western Australia
by the very people who have for generations been managing their own farmland.
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