❓ Mr. Redman asks if Water Corp is investigating dam sites in Denmark. The Minister denies plans for a new dam due to climate change and declining rainfall, opting for a pipeline from Albany instead.
AnsweredQoN 769Legislative Assembly
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WATER CORPORATION —
DENMARK WATER SUPPLY
769. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Water:
I have a supplementary question. Can
the minister confirm whether the Water Corporation is investigating potential
dam sites in the Denmark shire to shore up future supply?
DENMARK WATER SUPPLY
769. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Water:
I have a supplementary question. Can
the minister confirm whether the Water Corporation is investigating potential
dam sites in the Denmark shire to shore up future supply?
AnswerView source ↗
Member for Warren–Blackwood,
the Water Corporation considers absolutely all options, as the member knows,
but I can tell the member there is no plan to build an additional dam in the
Denmark region. There is absolutely no plan
by this government to build an additional dam, because what fills up dams is
rain, and the problem is that climate change has meant that there is
less rainfall in that area. So the last thing we are going to do is build
another dam.
I get back to what the federal
minister, David Littleproud, has said. He is out there saying that the problem —
Point of Order
Mr D.T.
REDMAN : Mr Speaker, the federal minister has got absolutely nothing
to do with this question. I take you to the issue of relevance.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order. Sit down.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr D.J. KELLY : The member
raised the issue of dams. The federal Minister for Water; Drought is saying the
problem with the way we have managed water in Australia in recent years is we
have not built enough dams. It is the most ridiculous thing out there. Barnaby
Joyce is saying we need to build more dams. The problem with climate change is
that dams do not fill up if it does not rain! We are not going to build more
dams. We are going to build a pipeline from Albany to Denmark.
The other ridiculous thing I heard
the member say on radio the other day is that he thinks we are building the
pipeline from Albany to Denmark to secure the water supply of Albany.
Mr D.T. Redman : Are you
saying that's off the cards?
Mr D.J. KELLY : The pipeline
is going to bring water from Albany to Denmark. It is not going to have a switch
on it so that we can turn it around and pump water from Denmark to Albany. The
whole point is that the two dams in Denmark are unreliable because of declining
rainfall. The pipeline will bring water from Albany to Denmark, not the other
way around.
the Water Corporation considers absolutely all options, as the member knows,
but I can tell the member there is no plan to build an additional dam in the
Denmark region. There is absolutely no plan
by this government to build an additional dam, because what fills up dams is
rain, and the problem is that climate change has meant that there is
less rainfall in that area. So the last thing we are going to do is build
another dam.
I get back to what the federal
minister, David Littleproud, has said. He is out there saying that the problem —
Point of Order
Mr D.T.
REDMAN : Mr Speaker, the federal minister has got absolutely nothing
to do with this question. I take you to the issue of relevance.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order. Sit down.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr D.J. KELLY : The member
raised the issue of dams. The federal Minister for Water; Drought is saying the
problem with the way we have managed water in Australia in recent years is we
have not built enough dams. It is the most ridiculous thing out there. Barnaby
Joyce is saying we need to build more dams. The problem with climate change is
that dams do not fill up if it does not rain! We are not going to build more
dams. We are going to build a pipeline from Albany to Denmark.
The other ridiculous thing I heard
the member say on radio the other day is that he thinks we are building the
pipeline from Albany to Denmark to secure the water supply of Albany.
Mr D.T. Redman : Are you
saying that's off the cards?
Mr D.J. KELLY : The pipeline
is going to bring water from Albany to Denmark. It is not going to have a switch
on it so that we can turn it around and pump water from Denmark to Albany. The
whole point is that the two dams in Denmark are unreliable because of declining
rainfall. The pipeline will bring water from Albany to Denmark, not the other
way around.
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