❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks the Minister for State Development about implementing recommendations from a 1996 report regarding a review of tailings dams in WA. The Minister defers answering until receiving a report from the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources.
AnsweredQoN 208Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
With regard to the 1996 Report to the then Minister of Mines entitled ‘Conservation and Rehabilitation in the Gold Mining Industry’ which reviewed the 1985 Playford Reports and the subsequent debate within the Minerals Environment Liaison Committee about the establishment of a review -
(1) Will the Minister consider implementing the recommendations of that Report and the subsequent MELC deliberations that a review of the condition and state of tailings dams within the State of Western Australia be carried out?
(2) If yes, in what time frame will the implementation take place?
(3) If not, why not?
(1) Will the Minister consider implementing the recommendations of that Report and the subsequent MELC deliberations that a review of the condition and state of tailings dams within the State of Western Australia be carried out?
(2) If yes, in what time frame will the implementation take place?
(3) If not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
5 November 2002
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for State Development
Response time
21 days
I have asked the Director General, Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources to provide me with a report on the actions taken on the matters raised in the 1996 Report referred to. When that report is received I will consider the questions now raised and respond in writing to the Honourable member.
When that report is received I will consider the questions now raised and respond in writing to the Honourable member.
When that report is received I will consider the questions now raised and respond in writing to the Honourable member.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.