❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Water regarding the progress and direction of the water resources management bill, particularly concerning the influence of ongoing consultations and potential shift to water entitlements. The Minister deflects by highlighting the previous government's failure to deliver similar legislation.
AnsweredQoN 497Legislative Assembly
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WATER
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — LEGISLATION
497. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Water:
I refer to the minister's
media statement on 23 August last year in which he announced that drafting
would start on the water resources management bill and to the ongoing
consultation that is occurring as we speak.
(1) How will the
outcomes of ongoing consultation guide the drafting of the legislation given
that the legislation is nearly a year into its drafting?
(2) Will the new
legislation include a shift from water licences to water entitlements, which
has been described in previous iterations of this important legislative reform?
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — LEGISLATION
497. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Water:
I refer to the minister's
media statement on 23 August last year in which he announced that drafting
would start on the water resources management bill and to the ongoing
consultation that is occurring as we speak.
(1) How will the
outcomes of ongoing consultation guide the drafting of the legislation given
that the legislation is nearly a year into its drafting?
(2) Will the new
legislation include a shift from water licences to water entitlements, which
has been described in previous iterations of this important legislative reform?
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(1)–(2) I
am pleased the member has asked that question. New water legislation was
something that I think every Minister for
Water under the Barnett government promised, with the exception of the member
for Nedlands . I do not think he did anything in that portfolio while he
was the minister. Certainly, when the member for Warren–Blackwood was
the Minister for Water, he promised new water management legislation.
Mr W.R. Marmion interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Nedlands!
Mr D.J. KELLY : When the
Leader of the Nationals WA was the Minister for Water, she promised it, and in
eight and a half years, the Barnett government never delivered it. So, I
am pleased that the member has a keen interest in this bill.
A water resource management
reference group has met and continues to meet under this government to talk
through these issues, and we continue to have discussions with that group about
this bill. That bill is progressing. We are continuing to work on it. When the
bill is drafted, the member will see the final contents of it.
am pleased the member has asked that question. New water legislation was
something that I think every Minister for
Water under the Barnett government promised, with the exception of the member
for Nedlands . I do not think he did anything in that portfolio while he
was the minister. Certainly, when the member for Warren–Blackwood was
the Minister for Water, he promised new water management legislation.
Mr W.R. Marmion interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Nedlands!
Mr D.J. KELLY : When the
Leader of the Nationals WA was the Minister for Water, she promised it, and in
eight and a half years, the Barnett government never delivered it. So, I
am pleased that the member has a keen interest in this bill.
A water resource management
reference group has met and continues to meet under this government to talk
through these issues, and we continue to have discussions with that group about
this bill. That bill is progressing. We are continuing to work on it. When the
bill is drafted, the member will see the final contents of it.
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