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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 477 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 June 2018 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

MINING REHABILITATION — WETLANDS

477. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:

I refer to the revegetation of historical wetlands sites and the creation of new wetlands sites that is being undertaken by the Blackwood Basin Group at the Greenbushes Talison Lithium mining lease site.

(1) Does the Mining Act 1978 and other relevant Western Australian legislation provide scope for rehabilitation of mining voids by creating wetlands at other lease sites in Western Australia?

(2) If yes to (1), will the minister detail the sections of the Mining Act 1978 and other legislation that provide the possibility of this form of rehabilitation?

(3) If no to (1), why not?

(4) Will the minister consider legislative changes that —

(a) better support innovative approaches to mine void rehabilitation that can achieve social, economic and/or environmental co-benefits; and

(b) better support community collaboration in determining the best use of land, including the possibility of creating wetlands?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Mines and Petroleum has provided the following information.

(1) Yes.

(2) Section 70O of the Mining Act 1978 for the purposes of division 3 of part IV of that act.

(3) Not applicable.

(4) (a)–(b) The current provisions of the Mining Act provide for innovation in accordance with the stakeholder-agreed land uses.