A parliamentary question regarding the Minister for Environment's involvement in reviewing fire management plans, specifically in light of the Keelty report. The Minister's response focuses on the report's impact on urban fringe areas.

AnsweredQoN 851Legislative Assembly
Asked
29 November 2011
Portfolio
Environment

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MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT — MINISTERIAL STANDARDS
I ask a supplementary question. Did the minister read the fire management plans, and did he provide any comment on them to the department at all? Mr W.R. MARMION

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As a result of the Keelty report, there is a greater focus this year on — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: As a result of the Keelty report, there is a greater focus this year on — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
As a result of the Keelty report, there is a greater focus this year on — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
Mr W.R. MARMION : I can report to the house that as result of the Keelty report, DEC’s fire management plan this year had a greater emphasis on urban fringe areas, and I was involved in getting advice on those. The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
The SPEAKER : The member for Scarborough. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! I have given the call to the member for Scarborough. I have not given the call to anybody else.

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