Hon Simon O'Brien questions the Minister for Environment regarding the impact of the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005 on land use and values, and the implementation of recommendations from a Standing Committee report. The Minister acknowledges the question and states they have sought advice from their department on the matter.

AnsweredQoN 632Legislative Council
Asked
12 June 2019
Portfolio
Environment

QuestionView source ↗

ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE
AREAS
632. Hon SIMON O'BRIEN to the Minister for
Environment:
My question is
without notice.
(1) Can the
minister advise the house of what he is doing to ensure that the Environmental
Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas)
Notice 2005 is not having a negative effect on land use and land values?
(2) What steps is
the minister taking to implement the recommendations contained in the
forty-first report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
the question. As ever, I foreshadowed that he would ask a similar question this
afternoon in question time.
(1)–(2) Obviously,
this issue was raised in an earlier motion brought before this house by Hon Rick
Mazza. Following that discussion, I sought further advice from my department on
environmentally sensitive areas and on the response to the Standing Committee
on Environment and Public Affairs' forty-first report from the
thirty-ninth Parliament. I have sought that information. To my knowledge, the
issue has not been raised with me before today or since I became Minister for
Environment. Certainly, as a result of today's conversation and debate,
I have asked for advice from my department on this issue.

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