''PERTH AND
PEEL@3.5 MILLION''
241. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
I refer to the minister's
answer to my question without notice 219, asked yesterday, concerning the
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage and the Western Australian Planning
Commission strategic planning document titled ''Perth and Peel@$3.5 million''.
(1) Can the
minister confirm whether the WAPC undertook any low, mid-range and/or
high-range population projections in the preparation of the document titled ''Perth
and Peel@3.5 million'', which was published in March 2018?
(2) If yes, what
were those projections and where does the 3.5 million population figure feature
within the range; and, if no alternate projections were made, why not?
(3) Given that
the ''Perth and Peel@3.5 million'' projection is based on the
document titled ''Directions 2031 and Beyond'', which was
published in 2010, and the Western Australia Tomorrow series, the most recent
instalment being in 2016, is there any intention on behalf of the minister or
the WAPC to revise and update the assumptions of the ''Perth and
Peel@3.5 million'' strategic planning document?
(4) If yes to (3), when will this
revision occur?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The
population of 3.5 million was derived from the long-term projections for Western
Australia, which included low, medium and high growth scenarios. The long-term
population forecasts were based on the Western
Australia Tomorrow ''Population Report No. 9'', which is
available on the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage website. If
the honourable member cannot access that report, he should see me behind the Chair.
Hon Tjorn Sibma: It is dated
2005, so I know the document.
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON: Okay, but
if the honourable member cannot access it, see me behind the Chair.
(2) Population
projections cited in the document were derived from the medium growth scenario.
(3)–(4) As
stated on page 8 of the ''Perth and Peel@3.5 million'' document,
it will be reviewed after three years.