❓ A parliamentary question regarding vegetation decline near a mine site is deferred due to discrepancies between the written question and the version read aloud, preventing the Minister from providing an accurate response.
AnsweredQoN 823Legislative Council
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I refer to question without notice 47 in the first session of the thirty-seventh Parliament, asked on 5 April 2005, relating to vegetation deaths adjacent to Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd’s Tutunup mine site. (1) Has the cause of the decline in vegetation health in the threatened ecological community known as the Williamson Road, Busselton ironstone occurrence, adjacent to the Tutunup mine site, been determined? (2) If not, why not, and when will a determination be made? (3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(1) Has the cause of the decline in vegetation health in the threatened ecological community known as the Williamson Road, Busselton ironstone occurrence, adjacent to the Tutunup mine site, been determined? (2) If not, why not, and when will a determination be made? (3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(2) If not, why not, and when will a determination be made? (3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken?
(c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken?
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(1) Has the cause of the decline in vegetation health in the threatened ecological community known as the Williamson Road, Busselton ironstone occurrence, adjacent to the Tutunup mine site, been determined? (2) If not, why not, and when will a determination be made? (3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(2) If not, why not, and when will a determination be made? (3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(3) If yes, what was the determined cause and what action will the minister take to remedy the situation? (4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(4) Will the minister table all documentation relating to this issue, including the results of the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s amelioration measures as set out in part (2) of the answer to the abovementioned question, including - (a) CALM’s thorough inventory of all threatened flora species in the drought-affected area; (b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
(b) the expert hydrological advice sought by CALM on the interpretation of groundwater monitoring bores situated in and around the parameters of the ecological community; and (c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken?
(c) the further condition monitoring in the area that was promised to be undertaken?
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have a response from the Minister for the Environment, but as the member read out parts (a), (b) and (c) of question (4), the terminology used did not correlate exactly word-for-word with the answer I have here. This is a rather tricky situation, because the minister, on this occasion, has been very obliging and really does want to help the member. However, she can only offer assistance with what the member has asked for in the questions I have before me, rather than the question that the member has just read out, and there is some variation between the two. The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
The PRESIDENT : It might be safer, in that circumstance, for the minister not to answer the question now. Perhaps the question can be asked again tomorrow. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : That is a very good idea. Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr President.
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