Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Minister Burke is aware that on 10 December 2012 the Western Australian government admitted it did not comply with processes for the compulsory acquisition of land at James Price Point under the Native Title Act 1993 and will need to start again. Minister Burke has received advice that the Western Australian government’s stated intention of compulsory acquisition for James Price Point does not prevent any major legal risks under the EPBC Act for the Kimberley strategic assessment. He is also aware that the Wildness Society announced that it will take the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority and the Western Australian environment minister to the Western Australian Supreme Court over gross mishandling of conflicts of interest in relation to assessment of the proposed Kimberley gas hub. The Wildness Society proposes to bring the case before the Western Australian Supreme Court in 2013. Minister Burke has been advised that, should the Western Australian Supreme Court overturn the Western Australian state approval decision, the absence of approval— (Time expired)