NUMBAT
HABITATS — PRESCRIBED BURNING PROGRAM
343. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the tabling yesterday of an unsigned and undated document titled Operational
review of DON_100 Weinup prescribed burn—or the
review—which made no reference to the burn's impact on an
endangered numbat habitat.
(1) Is the
two-page document that was tabled the entire review or is it an extract from a larger
document?
(2) Who will be
responsible for implementing the review's recommended six follow-up
actions to ensure that future burns ''meet the stated objectives''
of their relevant burn plans?
(3) What specific time frame for
implementation applies to each of those six actions?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Environment.
(1) The document is the full
operational review.
(2) The
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions will be responsible
for implementing the recommendations.
(3) DBCA is
currently progressing the implementation of the recommendations, with the aim
of this process being completed by the end of December 2021.