❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the Water and Rivers Commission about the budget allocation for the State Salinity Action Plan and incentive schemes for farmers to improve remnant vegetation management. The response details specific budget allocations for vegetation management in key water resource recovery catchments.
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With regard to Budget Estimates 2003-04 one of the Water and Rivers Commission’s major initiatives for 2003-04 is to ‘continue implementation of the State Salinity Action Plan, particularly the establishment of incentive schemes for farmers to improve remnant vegetation management’ (p642, Budget Paper No. 2) -
(1) How much has been budgeted in 2003-04 for the implementation of the State Salinity Action Plan?
(2) How much has been budgeted specifically for the establishment of ‘incentive schemes for farmers to improve remnant vegetation management’?
(1) How much has been budgeted in 2003-04 for the implementation of the State Salinity Action Plan?
(2) How much has been budgeted specifically for the establishment of ‘incentive schemes for farmers to improve remnant vegetation management’?
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Answered
8 August 2003
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
45 days
(1) The Water and Rivers Commission has $4.04 million for the 2003-04 budget. (2) The Water and Rivers Commission’s main role in salinity management is to protect and restore key water resources to ensure salinity levels are kept to a level that permits safe, potable water supplies in perpetuity. The five water resource recovery catchments are the Collie, Denmark, Warren, Kent and Helena Catchments. One part of the program is vegetation management. The Commission has “specifically budgeted” $85,245 for the Kent and Denmark Catchments, $82,000 for the Collie and Warren catchments, with the potential for an additional $45,000 in the Collie and Warren. The actual expenditure for vegetation management depends on demand from farmers. Factors like climate and commodity prices influence this demand.
(2) The Water and Rivers Commission’s main role in salinity management is to protect and restore key water resources to ensure salinity levels are kept to a level that permits safe, potable water supplies in perpetuity. The five water resource recovery catchments are the Collie, Denmark, Warren, Kent and Helena Catchments. One part of the program is vegetation management. The Commission has “specifically budgeted” $85,245 for the Kent and Denmark Catchments, $82,000 for the Collie and Warren catchments, with the potential for an additional $45,000 in the Collie and Warren. The actual expenditure for vegetation management depends on demand from farmers. Factors like climate and commodity prices influence this demand.
One part of the program is vegetation management. The Commission has “specifically budgeted” $85,245 for the Kent and Denmark Catchments, $82,000 for the Collie and Warren catchments, with the potential for an additional $45,000 in the Collie and Warren. The actual expenditure for vegetation management depends on demand from farmers. Factors like climate and commodity prices influence this demand.
(2) The Water and Rivers Commission’s main role in salinity management is to protect and restore key water resources to ensure salinity levels are kept to a level that permits safe, potable water supplies in perpetuity. The five water resource recovery catchments are the Collie, Denmark, Warren, Kent and Helena Catchments. One part of the program is vegetation management. The Commission has “specifically budgeted” $85,245 for the Kent and Denmark Catchments, $82,000 for the Collie and Warren catchments, with the potential for an additional $45,000 in the Collie and Warren. The actual expenditure for vegetation management depends on demand from farmers. Factors like climate and commodity prices influence this demand.
One part of the program is vegetation management. The Commission has “specifically budgeted” $85,245 for the Kent and Denmark Catchments, $82,000 for the Collie and Warren catchments, with the potential for an additional $45,000 in the Collie and Warren. The actual expenditure for vegetation management depends on demand from farmers. Factors like climate and commodity prices influence this demand.
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