Question Without Notice No. 1132 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 November 2009 by Hon Lynn Maclaren
Parliament: 38 Session: 1
PERTH AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
1132. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Minister for Environment:
(1) Further to question on notice 913 submitted on 23 June 2009, did the Air Quality Coordinating Committee meet on 15 October 2009 as planned?
(2) If no, why not?
(3) Will the minister please table the government’s response to the 2007 review of the Perth air quality management plan?
(4) If no, why not?
(5) Have the annual progress reports on the Perth air quality management plan for 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 been finalised?
(6) If no, why not?
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied:
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1)-(2) The meeting was planned; however, as a result of the unavailability of the interim chair, the meeting has been rescheduled for the first week in December.
(3)-(4) The report has not yet been provided to me by the Department of Environment and Conservation.
(5)-(6) The 2006-07 and 2007-08 reports are currently being finalised, and the department has advised that they will be available in early 2010. The Air Quality Coordinating Committee meeting scheduled for December 2009 will assist with the collection of information required to complete the 2008-09 report.