❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the Premier's stance on the 'use-it or lose-it' principle in mining, referencing an email and the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Liberal Party's position. The response deflects, citing protocol and affirming the existing principle within the Mining Act.
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MINING INDUSTRY — USE-IT OR LOSE-IT PRINCIPLE
I refer to an email sent to the Premier’s electorate office dated Saturday, 11 June 2011, from Matthew Eggleston. (1) Does the Premier support the Kalgoorlie–Boulder branch of the Liberal Party when it calls on the state Minister for Mines and Petroleum to actively apply the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to an email sent to the Premier’s electorate office dated Saturday, 11 June 2011, from Matthew Eggleston. (1) Does the Premier support the Kalgoorlie–Boulder branch of the Liberal Party when it calls on the state Minister for Mines and Petroleum to actively apply the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE
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(1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(1) Does the Premier support the Kalgoorlie–Boulder branch of the Liberal Party when it calls on the state Minister for Mines and Petroleum to actively apply the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(1) Does the Premier support the Kalgoorlie–Boulder branch of the Liberal Party when it calls on the state Minister for Mines and Petroleum to actively apply the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(2) Does the Premier support the use-it or lose-it principle in the mining industry? (3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(3) If yes to (1), will the Premier instruct the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to pursue legislative changes to the Mines Act or regulations to enable this policy direction? (4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(4) If no to (1), why not? The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
The PRESIDENT : I hope the Minister for Mines and Petroleum got that last part of the question, because I could not hear it. Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
(1)–(4) As the honourable member would appreciate, questions to the Premier and ministers are reserved for government business only. The government does not believe it is appropriate to respond to questions relating to correspondence sent to electorate offices. The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
The fundamental principle of the Mining Act, as Hon Robin Chapple would well know, is about turning land over and using it or losing it, but there are circumstances that for good reason land is not turned over. The fundamental principle in the Mining Act is use it or lose it.
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