❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about the Dept. for Planning and Infrastructure's commitment to sustainability and a related submission. The Minister confirms the commitment and submission, but defers tabling the document.
AnsweredQoN 1215Legislative Council
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SUSTAINABILITY, DEPARTMENT FOR PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
I refer to the Government’s commitment to sustainability. (1) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure acknowledge the need for sustainability to be the overarching framework on which it bases its decisions? (2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
I refer to the Government’s commitment to sustainability. (1) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure acknowledge the need for sustainability to be the overarching framework on which it bases its decisions? (2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure acknowledge the need for sustainability to be the overarching framework on which it bases its decisions? (2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure acknowledge the need for sustainability to be the overarching framework on which it bases its decisions? (2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) Has the department made a submission to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in response to “Focus on the Future: Opportunities for Sustainability in Western Australia”? (3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(3) Will the minister table that submission? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1) Sustainability, the simultaneous achievement of environmental, economic and social goals, is acknowledged by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure and through the state planning strategy as the key basis for decision making. (2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) Yes. (3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
(3) The submission has been made to the director of the sustainability policy unit. It is for that unit to determine whether individual submissions will be published prior to evaluation. Point of Order Hon TOM STEPHENS: The frontbench of the Opposition is not here. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed
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