❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses concerns about the negotiation process for excluding areas from the Warroora Station pastoral lease, particularly regarding coastal strips near Ningaloo Marine Park. The Minister acknowledges the concerns and outlines the government's position, indicating limited negotiability for conservation areas but special consideration for owner-occupied homesteads.
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(1) Has the minister received a letter from the lessee of Warroora Station dated 17 June 2004 expressing grave concern at the manner in which the exclusion negotiation process is being conducted over the pastoral lease? (2) Is it the minister’s intention to ensure that the exclusion negotiation meetings are carried out with a genuine spirit of negotiation to reach a mutually agreed position or is it the minister’s intention to allow government entities to adopt an uncompromising approach to justify and achieve their previously stated exclusion position? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure the exclusion negotiations for Warroora Station are conducted in good faith and in a genuine spirit of negotiation? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(2) Is it the minister’s intention to ensure that the exclusion negotiation meetings are carried out with a genuine spirit of negotiation to reach a mutually agreed position or is it the minister’s intention to allow government entities to adopt an uncompromising approach to justify and achieve their previously stated exclusion position? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure the exclusion negotiations for Warroora Station are conducted in good faith and in a genuine spirit of negotiation? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(3) What action will the minister take to ensure the exclusion negotiations for Warroora Station are conducted in good faith and in a genuine spirit of negotiation? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(2) Is it the minister’s intention to ensure that the exclusion negotiation meetings are carried out with a genuine spirit of negotiation to reach a mutually agreed position or is it the minister’s intention to allow government entities to adopt an uncompromising approach to justify and achieve their previously stated exclusion position? (3) What action will the minister take to ensure the exclusion negotiations for Warroora Station are conducted in good faith and in a genuine spirit of negotiation? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(3) What action will the minister take to ensure the exclusion negotiations for Warroora Station are conducted in good faith and in a genuine spirit of negotiation? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(1) Yes. (2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
(2)-(3) Department for Planning and Infrastructure staff are working closely with Department of Conservation and Land Management staff to complete negotiations in good faith. However, with regard to the Warroora pastoral lease, the lessee has been advised that the exclusion boundaries along the coastal strip will not be generally negotiable under the exclusion process as the area abuts the existing world renowned Ningaloo Marine Park and has conservation and landscape values and will be ultimately included in the State’s conservation estate. The minister has indicated that owner-occupied homesteads in the area will be given special consideration.
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