❓ Mr. Redman questions the DBCA's role in burning pine waste for the FPC, following a bushfire. The DBCA confirms the practice and its collaborative nature with the FPC.
AnsweredQoN 5414Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 August 2019
Member
Portfolio
Environment; Disability Services; Electoral Affairs
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(1) I refer to the Jarrahwood Bushfire from June this year, and ask? (2) Can the Parliamentary Secretary confirm the fire started as a result of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) burning pine waste debris on behalf of the Forest Products Commission (FPC)? (3) Was the pine waste debris the product of pine harvesting operations by the FPC or FPC contractors? (4) Is it normal practice for the DBCA to burn pine waste debris on behalf of the FPC? (5) Did the DBCA receive any payment from the FPC for the service of burning the pine waste debris? (6) Is the burning of pine waste debris by the DBCA on behalf of the FPC part of any service agreement between the DBCA and the FPC? (7) Does the DBCA complete the burning of pine waste debris at the direction of the FPC: (a) If not, what is the nature of the communication between the DBCA and the FPC in respect to the burning of pine waste debris? (8) Who determines the timing of the burning of pine waste debris that has been under the control of the FPC and falls under the responsibility of the DBCA?
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Answered
15 October 2019
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Environment; Disability Services; Electoral Affairs
Response time
12 days
(1) – (6) Yes.
(7) No.
(a) The Forest Products Commission (FPC) identifies the areas prepared for burning and then provides maps of these areas to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). These areas are included in DBCA’s annual burn program and then during the planning and implementation of these burns there is further liaison undertaken at a local level between FPC and DBCA regarding the operational parameters of individual burns.
(8) DBCA, in liaison with FPC.
(7) No.
(a) The Forest Products Commission (FPC) identifies the areas prepared for burning and then provides maps of these areas to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). These areas are included in DBCA’s annual burn program and then during the planning and implementation of these burns there is further liaison undertaken at a local level between FPC and DBCA regarding the operational parameters of individual burns.
(8) DBCA, in liaison with FPC.
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