❓ Dr. Pettitt questions the Minister for Environment on the delay in establishing the Peel Regional Park, proposed in 1983. The Minister acknowledges the history and ongoing management of relevant lands as nature reserves, but notes the final decision rests with the Government.
AnsweredQoN 2001Legislative Council
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(1) Is the Minister aware that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) recommended in the System Six Report (1983) that a regional park be established to protect the foreshores of the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary (recommendations C50 and C51)? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) Is the Minister aware that the State Government accepted these recommendations in principle in May 1984? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Is the Minister aware that planning commenced for the Peel Regional Park in 1993? (6) If no to (5), why not? (7) Is the Minister aware that the Gallop Government committed to establishing the Peel Regional Park? (8) If no to (7), why not? (9) Why has the Peel Regional Park not been established more than 40 years after it was proposed by the EPA and endorsed by the Government? (10) Can the Minister provide a timeline for the establishment of the Peel Regional Park?
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Answered
16 May 2024
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment
Response time
8 days
1) – 2) Yes.
3) – 4) Yes.
5) – 6) Yes. Planning for the proposed Peel Regional Park progressed through the report Peel Regional Park – Proposal for Establishment, Administration and Use (former Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1993), and was further detailed in the Inner Peel Region Structure Plan in 1997.
7) – 8) Yes.
9) – 10)
The current and previous governments have continued to implement strategic elements of the Peel Regional Park – Proposal for Establishment, Administration and Use report. Most of the areas identified by the EPA in 1983 under recommendations C50 and C51 of the System Six Repor t are now lands being managed as nature reserves by the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions or are reserved freehold State of WA lands managed by other government agencies for future addition to the nature reserves. The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has a role through the land tenure assembly process, however any decision to establish a regional park is a matter for Government consideration.
3) – 4) Yes.
5) – 6) Yes. Planning for the proposed Peel Regional Park progressed through the report Peel Regional Park – Proposal for Establishment, Administration and Use (former Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1993), and was further detailed in the Inner Peel Region Structure Plan in 1997.
7) – 8) Yes.
9) – 10)
The current and previous governments have continued to implement strategic elements of the Peel Regional Park – Proposal for Establishment, Administration and Use report. Most of the areas identified by the EPA in 1983 under recommendations C50 and C51 of the System Six Repor t are now lands being managed as nature reserves by the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions or are reserved freehold State of WA lands managed by other government agencies for future addition to the nature reserves. The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has a role through the land tenure assembly process, however any decision to establish a regional park is a matter for Government consideration.
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