❓ Hon Jim Scott questions the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure regarding a Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal's potential impact on wetlands and requests the proposal's withdrawal pending finalisation of wetland protection policy. The Minister declines to withdraw the proposal and defers providing correspondence until an appeal is resolved.
AnsweredQoN 2239Legislative Council
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(1) Are the wetlands threatened by the Tonkin Highway on-ramp on the draft register of the EPA’s Swan Coastal Plain Wetlands Environmental Protection Policy?
(2) Will the Minister withdraw this on-ramp proposal until the finalisation of this wetland protection policy?
(3) Will the Minister table all correspondence on the Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal between the Minister and the Minister for the Environment?
(4) Will the Minister table all correspondence on the Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal between the Department of Planning and Infrastructure and the DoE and EPA?
(2) Will the Minister withdraw this on-ramp proposal until the finalisation of this wetland protection policy?
(3) Will the Minister table all correspondence on the Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal between the Minister and the Minister for the Environment?
(4) Will the Minister table all correspondence on the Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal between the Department of Planning and Infrastructure and the DoE and EPA?
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Answered
23 September 2004
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
37 days
(2) No. (3)-(4) The Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal is currently the subject of an appeal. The Minister would be happy to provide any information following the outcome of this process.
(3)-(4) The Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal is currently the subject of an appeal. The Minister would be happy to provide any information following the outcome of this process.
(3)-(4) The Tonkin Highway on-ramp proposal is currently the subject of an appeal. The Minister would be happy to provide any information following the outcome of this process.
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