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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 109 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 February 2020 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

WARREN RIVER CATCHMENT — LEFROY BROOK

109. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Water:

I refer to Lefroy Brook within the Warren River catchment.

(1) Is the Lefroy Brook and/or the upper Lefroy catchment fully allocated?

(2) If yes to (1), what year did they become fully allocated?

(3) How many licence applications have been refused since 2016?

(4) How many licences have been approved since 2016?

(a) When were they approved and for which area—upper or lower Lefroy Brook?

(b) What amounts were approved under each licence?

(c) If licences were approved in fully allocated areas, why were they approved?

Hon DARREN WEST replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the minister representing the Minister for Water.

(1) Yes, areas are fully allocated.

(2) Upper Lefroy became fully allocated in 2010 for general entitlements and in 2017 for variable take entitlements. Lefroy Brook became fully allocated in 2016. Variable take was not available in Lefroy Brook.

(3) There were three in upper Lefroy and two in Lefroy Brook.

(4) From 1 January 2016, 16 have been approved for upper Lefroy and six for Lefroy Brook.

(a)–(c) I table the attached information.

[See paper 3622.]