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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 413 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 May 2019 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

FORRESTFIELD–AIRPORT LINK — SOIL CONTAMINATION

413. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:

I refer to my question without notice 140 asked on 12 March 2019, in which the minister was asked explicitly whether the Minister for Transport or any of her ministerial staff had met with, or had any contact with, the Shire of Waroona and/or the Peel Development Commission in relation to stockpiled soil, waste or PFAS-contaminated soil excavated from the Forrestfield–Airport Link for relocation.

(1) Did the senior policy adviser to the Minister for Transport, Ms Olivia Crowley, have a telephone discussion with the CEO of the Peel Development Commission, Mr Andrew Ward, on 12 September 2018 to discuss this issue?

(2) Can the minister confirm that on 12 September 2018, at 2.41 pm, Mr Ward sent Ms Crowley a follow-up email outlining the issue and including a PTA estimate of the cost of transporting the contaminated soil from Forrestfield to Peel?

(3) Was the minister briefed on the email received by Ms Crowley; and, if so, when?

(4) Can the minister explain why this information was not given in answer to question without notice 140 asked on 12 March?

(5) Has Ms Crowley had contact with or discussions with Mr Greg Poland, Ms Corina Johnson or any other person on the potential disposal of the contaminated soil excavated from the Forrestfield–Airport Link project in the Peel region; and, if so, will the minister table all communications?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Transport.

(1)–(5) Question without notice 140 asked about contact and meetings for ''relocation to lot 3 Buller Road, Waroona''. The telephone conversation and subsequent email did not mention lot 3 Buller Road, Waroona. The contents of the email to which the member is referring reflect almost identically the contents of the earlier email from the Public Transport Authority to the Peel Development Commission, which was tabled in the response to question without notice 140. I table the attached documents.

[See paper 2650.]