Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-10-26 Daily Xml

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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Hon. M. PARNELL (14:47): As a supplementary question arising from that answer, can the minister clarify the process whereby he says that the EPA releases reports at the end of the process; and, in particular, can he clarify to whom they are released and how, because they do not appear to be on the Development Assessment Commission website?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (14:48): As I said, that was just some advice I was given in relation to the EPA's policy. It is really a matter for the EPA. It is an independent authority; it has its own FOI officer. It is what I was informed. I am happy to refer to the minister in another place whether in fact the advice I was given is correct in relation to that. Those dockets are, after all, as I said, the property of the EPA.