❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Planning regarding the protection of Banksia woodlands at a Midvale development site, following its endangered listing under federal law. The Minister deflects responsibility to the Commonwealth and developers.
AnsweredQoN 1188Legislative Council
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BANKSIA WOODLANDS — ENDANGERED LISTING
1188. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Minister
for Planning:
I refer to the recent listing of
Banksia woodlands of the Swan coastal plain as endangered under the federal
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, effective from
16 September 2016.
(1) Will this
listing provide protection for all the Banksia woodland on a proposed
development site at lot 102 contained within a local structure plan for Farrall
Road, Midvale, which was approved on 15 September 2016?
(2) If no to (1) —
(a) is the minister
aware that the current structure plan has provisions for a road to be built
through the middle of a Banksia woodland; and
(b) as the
Banksia woodland is clearly of environmental significance and is still intact,
does the minister agree that its protection should take precedence over a structure
plan that was approved only one day before the endangered listing was
announced?
1188. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Minister
for Planning:
I refer to the recent listing of
Banksia woodlands of the Swan coastal plain as endangered under the federal
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, effective from
16 September 2016.
(1) Will this
listing provide protection for all the Banksia woodland on a proposed
development site at lot 102 contained within a local structure plan for Farrall
Road, Midvale, which was approved on 15 September 2016?
(2) If no to (1) —
(a) is the minister
aware that the current structure plan has provisions for a road to be built
through the middle of a Banksia woodland; and
(b) as the
Banksia woodland is clearly of environmental significance and is still intact,
does the minister agree that its protection should take precedence over a structure
plan that was approved only one day before the endangered listing was
announced?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) The federal Minister for the Environment and Energy
has listed Banksia woodlands of the Swan coastal plain as a matter of national
significance under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999. The responsibility for administering the EPBC act falls to the
commonwealth, and it is the responsibility of proponents of development to
ensure that they comply with the provisions of that act.
(2) Not applicable.
of the question.
(1) The federal Minister for the Environment and Energy
has listed Banksia woodlands of the Swan coastal plain as a matter of national
significance under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999. The responsibility for administering the EPBC act falls to the
commonwealth, and it is the responsibility of proponents of development to
ensure that they comply with the provisions of that act.
(2) Not applicable.
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