House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-07-02 Daily Xml

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Marine Parks

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (14:47): Given the response from the minister, I do ask the very serious question: how can he support a minister and a government who have already flagged, by statements publicly and in the Legislative Council, that they will not make any changes to marine park sanctuary zones without the impact study having been completed and, therefore, they are not meeting your requirement, which you set in place before you voted for the government to retain those spots?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:47): I don't think I can be any clearer than my answer a minute ago. There have been no decisions. I am not going to make comment on what other ministers say but, certainly, I reinforce that anyone who is out there, including people in the caravan parks, the fisheries and in the tourism industry, I encourage them to participate in the regional impact assessment statement. I hear lots of comments in the media.

Again, the member for Goyder should be very, very clear. He has been pushing this subject for some months now. I want him to go out there and encourage those people to participate in the regional impact assessment statements. As you are aware, we have a process going through. I have made it quite clear, and there is a commitment there, so I think I have explained it very clearly.

The SPEAKER: A supplementary, member for Goyder.