BUSH FOREVER REVIEW
968. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Planning:
(1) Did the
minister state in his official opening speech of Perth's Bush Forever
Report Card Conference on 7 December 2012 that ''Today's
conference and report card will be a valuable contribution to the Department of
Planning's review of the Bush Forever program, which will be undertaken
next year''?
(2) Has the
Department of Planning commenced work on the review?
(3) If yes to
(2), what aspects of the review have been completed?
(4) Has the
Department of Planning commenced work on an audit of sites as specified in ''Bush
Forever Volume 1'' of December 2000?
(5) If yes to
(4), how many sites have been audited to date?
(6) Will the
government proceed with the Perth–Peel strategic assessment before the comprehensive
audit of Bush Forever is completed?
Hon
HELEN MORTON replied:
I thank the
member for some notice of this question.
(1) Yes, as
best as the minister can recall, and based on his speech notes for the event.
(2)–(3)
Preparatory works have commenced and the review will be fully underway in early
2014.
(4)–(5)
The audit of particular Bush Forever areas will form part of the review
process.
(6) The
government is actively progressing the Perth–Peel strategic assessment.
The two projects inform each other and need to be completed in collaboration.