Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 21 November 2011:

(1) In regard to the King Sound boundary of the west Kimberley National Heritage listing, is the boundary:

  (a) to the shoreline; if so, how is the 'shoreline' defined;

  (b) to the high tide line;

  (c) to the low tide line; or

  (d) to the Australian Height Datum.

(2) As the only listed National Heritage value for King Sound is the historical use of the galwa (Aboriginal raft), is the Minister aware:

  (a) that the King Sound area has the highest tides in Australia; if so, why is this not a listed heritage value;

  (b) of the published scientific paper by Semeniuk and Brocx that describes the: (i) international geo-heritage significance of King Sound, and (ii) the King Sound mangrove forests as globally unique; if so, why are they not listed heritage values; and

  (c) that the King Sound mangrove forests are recommended by the Australian Heritage Council to be registered on the National Estate; if so, why are they not listed as a heritage value.