Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have some further information in relation to a question asked by Senator Bob Brown yesterday. I table the response and seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted.

The response read as follows—

On 14 September 2009 during question time, Senator Bob Brown asked me a question as Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts concerning the Queensland Coordinator-General’s draft report on the proposed Traveston Dam.

Senator Brown asked:

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Is the minister for the environment going to release the report for public comment; and what status does a draft report have in his deliberations.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts has provided the following answer to the honourable Senator’s question:

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The EPBC Act contains a process to follow, should I exercise my discretion to seek public comment. I will make this decision once I have all of the relevant information before me.       The draft report is with my department for comment. I will only consider the Queensland Coordinator-General’s final report once it is submitted to me.