ENVIRONMENT —
THREATENED SPECIES
741. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Environment:
This question is an oldie but a goodie
because it is from the last session.
I refer to the United Nations
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services global assessment report released on 6 May 2019.
(1) Is the
minister concerned by the contents of this report, specifically the fact that
over one million species are at risk?
(2) Does the minister acknowledge that many Australian
threatened species reside in Western Australia, with the federal electorates of
Durack and O'Connor both being in the top 10 electorates in Australia
most at risk?
(3) Does the minister acknowledge
that fossil fuels are a leading reason for species being at risk?
(4) Why has the government not
committed to a strategy of reducing WA's emissions?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
I have not yet read the report, so
I ask the honourable member to place these questions on notice so I can be
briefed before responding.