❓ Mr. Logan questions the Minister for Water about the release and funding of the Gnangara sustainability strategy. The Minister avoids directly answering release dates or funding amounts, emphasizing the strategy's importance and offering to share it with the opposition.
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GNANGARA MOUND AQUIFER — SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
I note the commitment given by the Premier in his statement on Tuesday that the government will save the Gnangara mound. (1) Did the minister receive the final Gnangara sustainability strategy in November 2009, as per his press release in July last year? (2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS
I note the commitment given by the Premier in his statement on Tuesday that the government will save the Gnangara mound. (1) Did the minister receive the final Gnangara sustainability strategy in November 2009, as per his press release in July last year? (2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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(1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(1) Did the minister receive the final Gnangara sustainability strategy in November 2009, as per his press release in July last year? (2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(1) Did the minister receive the final Gnangara sustainability strategy in November 2009, as per his press release in July last year? (2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(2) If so, when will the minister release the final Gnangara sustainability strategy? (3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(3) If the minister will not release it, why not? (4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(4) How much of the estimated $340 million that it will cost to implement the Gnangara sustainability strategy recommendations has the minister either secured or believes can be secured to save the Gnangara mound? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: (1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
(1)–(4) The Gnangara sustainability strategy is a very good piece of work. It is about the Gnangara mound, which supplies 60 per cent of the potable water required by the Perth area and its environs. The government thought it important that the strategy for the next 20 years talked about land use and the draw on the Gnangara mound, as well as planning for a future north west corridor development and a north west transport corridor. The strategy involved many agencies—it was across agencies and about whole of government. The sustainability strategy is for the spokesperson for water to share. I can share that sustainability strategy with the opposition. There is no hidden agenda in this strategy. It is a good piece of work. I have shared it with the Premier. It is a strategy for planning the resource for the next 20 years in Perth. I would expect the member for Cockburn to come on board with this, because it is a plan for all of us for the future. I have heard the member for Cockburn go on in the past about the fact that in very dry times there is the potential to overdraw on the Gnangara mound. I can tell the member that because of the extent of the planning for the Gnangara strategy the draw on the Gnangara mound will come in at around 121 gigalitres. I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
I am quite free to share that strategy with the member. There is nothing to hide with that sustainability strategy and I hope the opposition will come on board and endorse that strategy for the benefit of Perth and its environs over the next 20 years.
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