❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the EPA's recommendations on development projects and instances where the government overruled the EPA. The Minister for the Environment was unable to provide the information within the given timeframe.
AnsweredQoN 135Legislative Council
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY
I refer to the recent controversy about the Environmental Protection Authority holding up a mining project. Of all the development projects formally assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority during the present term of government, I ask - (1) How many did the EPA recommend should not proceed? (2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD
I refer to the recent controversy about the Environmental Protection Authority holding up a mining project. Of all the development projects formally assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority during the present term of government, I ask - (1) How many did the EPA recommend should not proceed? (2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(1) How many did the EPA recommend should not proceed? (2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(1) How many did the EPA recommend should not proceed? (2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(2) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects assessed? (3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(3) Ignoring those projects on which no final decision has yet been made, on how many occasions referred to in (1) did the government overrule the EPA and allow the project to proceed? (4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
(4) What percentage is the above of the total number of projects? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has said - Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible, and I request that the member place the question on notice.
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