❓ Hon Giz Watson asks the Minister for Environment about advice received from a stakeholder group regarding appeals under the Environmental Protection Act, requesting the release of the group's report. The Minister confirms receiving the report and intends to release it, but is considering its implications for the State Administrative Tribunal.
AnsweredQoN 1178Legislative Council
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MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT — STAKEHOLDER GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
This is a question without notice. I refer to the minister’s stakeholder group on environmental processes. (1) Did the minister ask the stakeholder group for advice on appeals under the Environmental Protection Act? (2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
This is a question without notice. I refer to the minister’s stakeholder group on environmental processes. (1) Did the minister ask the stakeholder group for advice on appeals under the Environmental Protection Act? (2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
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I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(1) Did the minister ask the stakeholder group for advice on appeals under the Environmental Protection Act? (2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(1) Did the minister ask the stakeholder group for advice on appeals under the Environmental Protection Act? (2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(2) If yes, what advice did the minister receive from that group? (3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(3) Given that in October this year the minister publicly released the first report from the stakeholder advisory group on the independence of the EPA, will the minister provide the house with the report from the stakeholder advisory group on the appeals process; and, if not, why not? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
I thank the member for her question. (1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
(1)-(3) Yes, I did ask the environmental stakeholder group, chaired by Dr Bernard Bowen, for some advice with respect to appeals. The group provided me with quite a comprehensive report, which I am currently considering. It is certainly my intention to release that. I am, however, looking at it in the context that the group is making some recommendations with respect to the State Administrative Tribunal and the like. That is obviously a matter that is not just for me as minister. They are issues that I am looking at at the moment. But it is certainly my intention to release that report, as I did with respect to the EPA.
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