❓ Question regarding the implementation timeline of the Waterbank structure plan, an environmental management plan north of Broome. The answer indicates delays and ongoing negotiations with native title claimants.
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The Waterbank structure plan is an environmental management plan being developed to manage resources at Waterbank, north of Broome in the Kimberley region. When will the plan be implemented and when is it due to be completed? Hon G.T. GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
The Waterbank structure plan made numerous recommendations, and implementation of the recommendations was intended to be over a number of years. Processes were commenced in 2000 through the Waterbank implementation committee but no recommendations have been implemented to date. Implementation of the recommendations of the structure plan has been identified as a priority in current negotiations between the State and native title claimants. A likely outcome from negotiations is that the minister will reconvene the implementation committee to review the plan and address issues that will assist ongoing implications, such as funding.
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