HYDRAULIC FRACTURING —
PETROLEUM LEASES
1238. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to the government's
decision to allow fracking to occur on existing petroleum leases.
(1) How many petroleum leases are
there in Western Australia?
(2) What is the total size of
petroleum leases in Western Australia?
(3) How many petroleum leases are
there that have some area in the Fitzroy catchment?
(4) What is the total size of
petroleum leases in the Fitzroy catchment?
(5) Will the government's
decision allow fracking to take place in the Fitzroy catchment?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I apologise to the member, but I certainly
have not seen that question and there is not one in my folder. I will make
inquiries.
Hon Peter Collier: Just to
clarify, I have received late notice that two questions were not available,
C1295 and C1296, but there is nothing about question C1294, so it may still be
on the way.
[See page 8776.]