❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the Minister for State Development regarding Iluka Resources' mining lease applications in Mundijong. The response indicates a delay pending a Supreme Court decision on a related case, and clarifies the Warden's Court's role in raising environmental concerns.
AnsweredQoN 27Legislative Council
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(1) In regard to the applications for mining leases in the Mundijong area by Iluka Resources Ltd, is it the intention of the minister to accept the warden’s recommendations and not grant the tenements in full; and, if so, why? (2) Does the Government accept that the Warden’s Court is the appropriate forum for the determination of environmental issues relating to mining activities on mineral tenements; and, if so, why? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(2) Does the Government accept that the Warden’s Court is the appropriate forum for the determination of environmental issues relating to mining activities on mineral tenements; and, if so, why? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(2) Does the Government accept that the Warden’s Court is the appropriate forum for the determination of environmental issues relating to mining activities on mineral tenements; and, if so, why? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(1) Regarding Iluka’s mining lease applications, the Minister for State Development has adopted the position announced by the former Minister for Mines that these applications will not be determined until a judgment has been handed down in respect of the Supreme Court challenge by the Serpentine Jarrahdale Residents and Ratepayers Association to the grant in December 1999 of two mining leases over a mineral sands deposit 15 kilometres from the Iluka applications. The outcome of this Supreme Court action will provide guidance in relation to the termination of Iluka’s mining lease applications. (2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
(2) The Warden’s Court is an appropriate forum at present in which the public may raise environmental issues in order that these matters are brought to the attention of the appropriate decision-making authorities for determination.
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