CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2021
210. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to the minister's
confirmation yesterday of advice relating to indicative joint management plans
for Buccaneer Archipelago marine parks, specifically that existing activities
in proposed special purpose zones—cultural protection—are
potentially incompatible with, and I quote, ''the protection and
conservation of the value of marine parks to the culture and heritage of
Aboriginal people''.
(1) Why was this information not
provided in answer to my original question of 27 May?
(2) What
information—for example, peer-reviewed archaeological or ethnographic
studies—will be material in determining whether extant lawful
activities are compatible or incompatible with the creation of these new
special purpose zones?
(3) By what process and by whom
will such determinations be made?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided on behalf
of the Minister for Environment.
(1) The question on 27 May 2021 was generic in nature
and not specific to the proposed Buccaneer Archipelago marine parks.
(2) A range of
information will be used in determining whether existing lawful activities are
compatible or incompatible in proposed special purpose zones—cultural
protection. Material information includes benthic
habitat mapping; species distributions; known Aboriginal heritage sites;
historic and current cultural areas, areas for customary activity and
areas that are significant to law, ceremony and oral histories; and information
on the lawful activities themselves. Information is gathered from published and
unpublished reference material when this is available and directly from
traditional owners and other stakeholders during the planning process.
(3) The
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions prepares marine park
management plans and the Minister for Environment is responsible for approving
them with the concurrence of the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for
Mines and Petroleum.