❓ The Minister for Environment provides an update on the public naming competition for six new national parks created under the old-growth forest protection policy, noting 135 submissions were received and the involvement of local, Indigenous, and school communities.
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NATIONAL PARKS, NAMING COMPETITION
Can the minister outline the stage at which the public naming competition is at for the new national parks that will be created under the Government’s policy to protect old-growth forests? Dr EDWARDS
Can the minister outline the stage at which the public naming competition is at for the new national parks that will be created under the Government’s policy to protect old-growth forests? Dr EDWARDS
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I thank the member for the question and for his interest in this undertaking. On World Environment Day I announced a public naming competition for the first six national parks that the Government will create under the policy of protecting old-growth forests and creating 30 new national parks. The Government was keen for the community to have a sense of ownership of these national parks and that it be involved in the process of setting up and naming them. The competition was announced to name six national parks - those near Preston River, the Greater Beedelup National Park and the national parks surrounding Mt Frankland, Mt Lindsay and Mt Roe. I am happy to announce that 135 submissions have been received. It is clear from those submissions that some people have done a lot of work. Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question and for his interest in this undertaking. On World Environment Day I announced a public naming competition for the first six national parks that the Government will create under the policy of protecting old-growth forests and creating 30 new national parks. The Government was keen for the community to have a sense of ownership of these national parks and that it be involved in the process of setting up and naming them. The competition was announced to name six national parks - those near Preston River, the Greater Beedelup National Park and the national parks surrounding Mt Frankland, Mt Lindsay and Mt Roe. I am happy to announce that 135 submissions have been received. It is clear from those submissions that some people have done a lot of work. Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
I thank the member for the question and for his interest in this undertaking. On World Environment Day I announced a public naming competition for the first six national parks that the Government will create under the policy of protecting old-growth forests and creating 30 new national parks. The Government was keen for the community to have a sense of ownership of these national parks and that it be involved in the process of setting up and naming them. The competition was announced to name six national parks - those near Preston River, the Greater Beedelup National Park and the national parks surrounding Mt Frankland, Mt Lindsay and Mt Roe. I am happy to announce that 135 submissions have been received. It is clear from those submissions that some people have done a lot of work. Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question and for his interest in this undertaking. On World Environment Day I announced a public naming competition for the first six national parks that the Government will create under the policy of protecting old-growth forests and creating 30 new national parks. The Government was keen for the community to have a sense of ownership of these national parks and that it be involved in the process of setting up and naming them. The competition was announced to name six national parks - those near Preston River, the Greater Beedelup National Park and the national parks surrounding Mt Frankland, Mt Lindsay and Mt Roe. I am happy to announce that 135 submissions have been received. It is clear from those submissions that some people have done a lot of work. Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
I thank the member for the question and for his interest in this undertaking. On World Environment Day I announced a public naming competition for the first six national parks that the Government will create under the policy of protecting old-growth forests and creating 30 new national parks. The Government was keen for the community to have a sense of ownership of these national parks and that it be involved in the process of setting up and naming them. The competition was announced to name six national parks - those near Preston River, the Greater Beedelup National Park and the national parks surrounding Mt Frankland, Mt Lindsay and Mt Roe. I am happy to announce that 135 submissions have been received. It is clear from those submissions that some people have done a lot of work. Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Mr House: Was there one from Wilson Tuckey? Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
Dr EDWARDS: No, Mr Tuckey did not make a submission. We will not go into what he would have named them. One thing I am pleased about is the way in which local people have got together with indigenous people to get information about indigenous meanings of certain areas and how that might be translated into a name for a national park. I am also pleased that a number of schoolchildren have taken part. That demonstrates that young people are vitally interested in the environment. The Conservation Commission of Western Australia will now work through those names and pick out the best and most appropriate. The State Geographic Names Committee will also be involved. I thank those people who did what was obviously a lot of research and went to a great deal of trouble to come up with some very good suggestions.
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