MURUJUGA ROCK ART STRATEGY
508. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to the Murujuga rock art
strategy and, in particular, the monitoring program.
(1) How many of the key stages of
the monitoring program have been completed to date?
(2) Can the minister please provide an updated
estimated completion date for each of the key stages not yet completed?
Hon KYLE
McGINN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question, which I answer on behalf of the Minister for Emergency Services.
The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Environment.
(1) The Murujuga
rock art monitoring program is on schedule and meeting milestones. The key
stages of the program are available on the Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation's website. All four of the
year 1 and 2 key stages have been completed. This included a review of
processes that have the potential to
cause changes to the rock art; a stakeholder workshop; conceptual models and a monitoring
studies plan; and identification of optimal monitoring sites.
(2) Key stages
for years 2 and 3 commenced in March 2022, including fieldwork and laboratory
studies, and ranger training and capacity
building. Both these stages are ongoing. Stakeholder workshops will take place
in late 2022 and 2023. Results from the 2022 monitoring studies will be
available in April 2023 and will inform the development of interim
environmental quality criteria in mid-2023, with final environmental quality
criteria expected at the end of 2025.