❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the Water and Rivers Commission regarding the implementation of the State Wetlands Policy, including budget allocation, inter-agency collaboration, and funding contributions. The WRC provides specific details on funding and agency involvement.
AnsweredQoN 919Legislative Council
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With regard to Budget Estimates 2003-04 one of the Water and Rivers Commission’s major achievements for 2002-03 was to implement the State Wetlands Policy and work with ‘other Government Agencies to develop a consistent approach for the protection of wetlands’ (p642, Budget Paper No. 2) -
(1) How much was budgeted in 2002-03 to implement the State Wetlands Policy and to develop a consistent approach for the protection of wetlands?
(2) What other Government Agencies did the Water and Rivers Commission work in conjunction with on the State Wetlands Policy?
(3) Did these other Government Agencies contribute any funding to the implementation of this policy?
(4) If yes to (3), please provide details?
(5) Will WRC continue to work with these Government Agencies on the State Wetlands Policy in 2003-04?
(1) How much was budgeted in 2002-03 to implement the State Wetlands Policy and to develop a consistent approach for the protection of wetlands?
(2) What other Government Agencies did the Water and Rivers Commission work in conjunction with on the State Wetlands Policy?
(3) Did these other Government Agencies contribute any funding to the implementation of this policy?
(4) If yes to (3), please provide details?
(5) Will WRC continue to work with these Government Agencies on the State Wetlands Policy in 2003-04?
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Answered
8 August 2003
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
45 days
(1) $221,742. (2) Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI), Department of Conservation and Land Management (DCLM), Department of Environmental Protection, Western Australian Local Government Association. (3) Yes. (4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(2) Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI), Department of Conservation and Land Management (DCLM), Department of Environmental Protection, Western Australian Local Government Association. (3) Yes. (4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(3) Yes. (4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
(2) Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI), Department of Conservation and Land Management (DCLM), Department of Environmental Protection, Western Australian Local Government Association. (3) Yes. (4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(3) Yes. (4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(4) The contribution to the Water and Rivers Commission was $50,000 from DCLM in 2001-02 and $20,000 from DPI in 2002-03. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
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