❓ Hon. Neil Thomson questions the Minister for Environment regarding the finalisation of an evaluation of environmental offsets outlined in the Native Vegetation Policy Implementation Roadmap. The Parliamentary Secretary responds that the evaluation is ongoing as part of broader reforms.
AnsweredQoN 441Legislative Council
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ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS —
EVALUATION
441. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the Native vegetation
policy for Western Australia: Implementation roadmap May 2022 .
(1) Has
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation finalised action 1.2, which
commits to ''a broad, strategic and economic evaluation of environmental
offsets and use the outcomes to inform 1.3(b)'', which is to ''Develop
policy reform options to better incentivise conservation and restoration,
support a net gain in native vegetation and build the restoration economy''?
(2) If yes to
(1), can the government table the evaluation?
(3) If no to (1),
when will the government finalise this given it was due to be completed in
2023?
EVALUATION
441. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the Native vegetation
policy for Western Australia: Implementation roadmap May 2022 .
(1) Has
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation finalised action 1.2, which
commits to ''a broad, strategic and economic evaluation of environmental
offsets and use the outcomes to inform 1.3(b)'', which is to ''Develop
policy reform options to better incentivise conservation and restoration,
support a net gain in native vegetation and build the restoration economy''?
(2) If yes to
(1), can the government table the evaluation?
(3) If no to (1),
when will the government finalise this given it was due to be completed in
2023?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Environment, I provide
the following answer.
(1) Evaluation of environmental offsets is ongoing, as
part of a package of broader environmental offsets reforms .
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) Not applicable,
noting that action l.3(b) is due for completion in 2024.
some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Environment, I provide
the following answer.
(1) Evaluation of environmental offsets is ongoing, as
part of a package of broader environmental offsets reforms .
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) Not applicable,
noting that action l.3(b) is due for completion in 2024.
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