❓ Hon Barbara Scott questions the Minister for Heritage regarding public access to the heritage-protected Burrup Peninsula, specifically concerning potential damage and theft. The Minister confirms the plans and outlines patrol strategies involving DEC and Indigenous rangers.
AnsweredQoN 113Legislative Council
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BURRUP PENINSULA
(1) Will the minister confirm that, despite the fact that the Burrup Peninsula is heritage protected on the Register of the National Estate as Aboriginal heritage area AHA43, consideration is being given to opening up the northern part of the Burrup Peninsula to Conzinc Bay to the general public, including four-wheel-drive access, barbecue areas and campsites, with provision for a marina in the future? (2) Will the minister advise if and how the area will be patrolled to prevent theft of valuable archaeological material and petroglyphs in addition to vandalism and general degradation of the area by four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
(1) Will the minister confirm that, despite the fact that the Burrup Peninsula is heritage protected on the Register of the National Estate as Aboriginal heritage area AHA43, consideration is being given to opening up the northern part of the Burrup Peninsula to Conzinc Bay to the general public, including four-wheel-drive access, barbecue areas and campsites, with provision for a marina in the future? (2) Will the minister advise if and how the area will be patrolled to prevent theft of valuable archaeological material and petroglyphs in addition to vandalism and general degradation of the area by four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(2) Will the minister advise if and how the area will be patrolled to prevent theft of valuable archaeological material and petroglyphs in addition to vandalism and general degradation of the area by four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(2) Will the minister advise if and how the area will be patrolled to prevent theft of valuable archaeological material and petroglyphs in addition to vandalism and general degradation of the area by four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
four-wheel-drive vehicles? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I must say that the question that was read out does not seem to be word for word the question I have before me. However, the substance of the question is the same. Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon Barbara Scott : It hasn’t altered since I put it in. The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
The PRESIDENT : If the minister has a concern, it might be appropriate that she take further advice. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Thank you, Mr President. The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
The PRESIDENT : I understand that the Minister for Local Government has taken further advice on the question asked by Hon Barbara Scott and now wishes to answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Yes. I apologise to Hon Barbara Scott. It may be that I misheard her. I am happy to provide the answer to her question. (1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(1) Yes. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
(2) The Department of Environment and Conservation is working closely with the local Aboriginal community and other government departments, including the Department of Indigenous Affairs, to develop appropriate strategies for the conservation areas of the Burrup Peninsula. The area will be patrolled and managed by DEC, including indigenous rangers currently being trained by DEC.
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