❓ Hon Diane Evers requests details of representatives on several Southern Forests committees. The Minister provides some names but cites confidentiality for the SFIC due to the Co-operatives Act.
AnsweredQoN 3040Legislative Council
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Will the Minister please provide the names of current and past community, local government and/or farming representatives on the following committees: (a) Southern Forests Irrigation Co-operative Limited (SFIC); (b) Southern Forests Water Futures Steering Group; (c) Southern Forests Water Futures Grower Group; and (d) SuperTowns Manjimup Agriculture Expansion Project Steering Committee?
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Answered
10 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development
Response time
8 days
(a) The Southern Forest Irrigation Co-operative Limited is a cooperative formed on 25 May 2017 under the Co-operatives Act 2009 (WA). Registers of members and directors of the cooperative are kept under, and governed by, the terms of that Act. The regime under the Co-operatives Act 2009 (WA) does not contemplate the disclosure or use of information on a co-operative's registers other than by its members and in accordance with strict statutory parameters.
However, the Southern Forest Irrigation Co-operative Limited website identifies the current directors as being Mr Harvey Giblett (Chair), Mark Bending (Secretary), Travis Luzny, Justin Omodei, Bob Pessotto and Paul Robinson.
(b) and (c) The Southern Forests Water Futures is a project and not a body. The governance of this project comprised of a Southern Forests Water Futures Steering Group, formed between May 2015 and June 2019, and a Southern Forests Water Futures Grower Group, formed between February 2016 and September 2016.
The past local government and/or farming representatives on the Southern Forests Water Futures Steering Group were, Mr Paul Omodei, Mr Travis Luzny, Mr Beavan Eatts and Mr Harvey Giblett; and for the Southern Forests Water Futures Grower Group were Mr Travis Luzny, Mr Justin Omodei, Mr Brad Ipsen, Mr Roy McDowall, Mr Michael Campbell and Mr Mark Bending.
(d) The Royalty for Regions (SuperTowns) Development Project for Manjimup ended in March 2019, and was a project and not a body. The governance of this project was undertaken by the SuperTowns Manjimup Agriculture Expansion Project Steering Committee that was overseen by the Shire of Manjimup.
The past local government representative for the SuperTowns Manjimup Agriculture Expansion Project Steering Committee was Mr Jeremy Hubble and then Mr Andrew Campbell.
However, the Southern Forest Irrigation Co-operative Limited website identifies the current directors as being Mr Harvey Giblett (Chair), Mark Bending (Secretary), Travis Luzny, Justin Omodei, Bob Pessotto and Paul Robinson.
(b) and (c) The Southern Forests Water Futures is a project and not a body. The governance of this project comprised of a Southern Forests Water Futures Steering Group, formed between May 2015 and June 2019, and a Southern Forests Water Futures Grower Group, formed between February 2016 and September 2016.
The past local government and/or farming representatives on the Southern Forests Water Futures Steering Group were, Mr Paul Omodei, Mr Travis Luzny, Mr Beavan Eatts and Mr Harvey Giblett; and for the Southern Forests Water Futures Grower Group were Mr Travis Luzny, Mr Justin Omodei, Mr Brad Ipsen, Mr Roy McDowall, Mr Michael Campbell and Mr Mark Bending.
(d) The Royalty for Regions (SuperTowns) Development Project for Manjimup ended in March 2019, and was a project and not a body. The governance of this project was undertaken by the SuperTowns Manjimup Agriculture Expansion Project Steering Committee that was overseen by the Shire of Manjimup.
The past local government representative for the SuperTowns Manjimup Agriculture Expansion Project Steering Committee was Mr Jeremy Hubble and then Mr Andrew Campbell.
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