Hon George Cash asks about the tabling of a report on the Swan Coastal Plain Wetlands Policy. The Minister for the Environment will table the report, though it's considered an exempt document under the Freedom of Information Act.

AnsweredQoN 742Legislative Council
Asked
13 October 2005
Portfolio
Environment

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I refer to question without notice 704 asked on Tuesday, 11 October 2005, and ask - (1) Will the minister table a copy of the report of the independent review panel that considered the draft “Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Wetlands) Policy 2004”; and, if not, why not? (2) Further to the answer to part (3) of question 704, does the report constitute an exempt document; and, if so, for what reasons, given that a matter that is merely factual, statistical, scientific or technical is not exempt matter, as provided for by the Freedom of Information Act 1992? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
(1) Will the minister table a copy of the report of the independent review panel that considered the draft “Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Wetlands) Policy 2004”; and, if not, why not? (2) Further to the answer to part (3) of question 704, does the report constitute an exempt document; and, if so, for what reasons, given that a matter that is merely factual, statistical, scientific or technical is not exempt matter, as provided for by the Freedom of Information Act 1992? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
(2) Further to the answer to part (3) of question 704, does the report constitute an exempt document; and, if so, for what reasons, given that a matter that is merely factual, statistical, scientific or technical is not exempt matter, as provided for by the Freedom of Information Act 1992? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
(1) The minister will table a copy of the report and her response in the next week or so. (2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.
(2) It is considered that the document would be designated an exempt document under clause 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992. However, it has always been the minister’s intention to release the report along with her response to its recommendations.

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