❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Emergency Services about the allocation of $5.8 million in royalties for regions funds for bushfire mitigation on crown land. The Minister responds defensively, stating the information was already provided and criticising the question.
AnsweredQoN 446Legislative Assembly
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BUSHFIRE MITIGATION
446. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to comments made by the
Treasurer during budget estimates regarding $5.8 million of royalties for
regions funds for bushfire mitigation on crown land when he said —
The funding comes this way —
I assume he is referring to lands —
but DFES plans how it is rolled out.
(1) Given the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services will implement the program, why was
the minister not aware of it during estimates?
(2) Since the
budget estimates, has he found the $5.8 million in the budget for bushfire
mitigation on crown land?
446. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to comments made by the
Treasurer during budget estimates regarding $5.8 million of royalties for
regions funds for bushfire mitigation on crown land when he said —
The funding comes this way —
I assume he is referring to lands —
but DFES plans how it is rolled out.
(1) Given the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services will implement the program, why was
the minister not aware of it during estimates?
(2) Since the
budget estimates, has he found the $5.8 million in the budget for bushfire
mitigation on crown land?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
will not thank the member for the question because I have already answered it
in the estimates hearings. I told him then and I will repeat it: some of that
money goes into the bushfire mitigation undertaken by the Department of Fire
and Emergency Services —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : — and
some of it goes into the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and
Attractions.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : When you say
something and do not get a laugh, you do not say it again, because it is not
funny. Member for Warren–Blackwood, I call you to order for the first
time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : This stupid
question that the member has had the answer to —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : —
comes on top of the greatest amount of funding ever put into bushfire
mitigation in Western Australia. I repeat:
the greatest amount of funding ever put into bushfire mitigation—more
than any other state.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the first time.
This is the greatest amount and all
the member can do is go to another section of the budget papers and say: how is
this $5.8 million distributed? That is all can he do.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, that is the third time!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have answered it and I will give the
member a complete breakdown if he really wants one. I have said that some goes
into the Department of Fire and Emergency Services' work and some goes
into the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
The
point about bushfire mitigation funding is that it is being distributed in a way
that has never been done here in Western
Australia—directly to local governments. The local governments in the
member for Warren–Blackwood's own electorate welcome
that funding with open arms, and he knows that. It makes those communities
safer and all can he do is nitpick about one line in a budget paper. He is
pathetic.
will not thank the member for the question because I have already answered it
in the estimates hearings. I told him then and I will repeat it: some of that
money goes into the bushfire mitigation undertaken by the Department of Fire
and Emergency Services —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : — and
some of it goes into the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and
Attractions.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : When you say
something and do not get a laugh, you do not say it again, because it is not
funny. Member for Warren–Blackwood, I call you to order for the first
time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : This stupid
question that the member has had the answer to —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : —
comes on top of the greatest amount of funding ever put into bushfire
mitigation in Western Australia. I repeat:
the greatest amount of funding ever put into bushfire mitigation—more
than any other state.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the first time.
This is the greatest amount and all
the member can do is go to another section of the budget papers and say: how is
this $5.8 million distributed? That is all can he do.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, that is the third time!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have answered it and I will give the
member a complete breakdown if he really wants one. I have said that some goes
into the Department of Fire and Emergency Services' work and some goes
into the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
The
point about bushfire mitigation funding is that it is being distributed in a way
that has never been done here in Western
Australia—directly to local governments. The local governments in the
member for Warren–Blackwood's own electorate welcome
that funding with open arms, and he knows that. It makes those communities
safer and all can he do is nitpick about one line in a budget paper. He is
pathetic.
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