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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 1141 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 November 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Water
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer to water licence applications in the Kimberley, and ask:
(a) how many applications are currently being assessed by the Department of Water;
(b) for each application, will the Minister detail the area and volume, and whether they are for surface or groundwater;
(c) if no to (b), why not;
(d) how much water is currently licenced to be used in the Kimberley;
(e) how much water is being removed from the Fitzroy River and any other rivers or wetlands in the Kimberley;
(f) have any water license applications in the Kimberley been rejected in the past four years;
(g) if yes to (f), will the Minister list the rejected applications along with the amount of water sought and the reasons for the rejection; and
(h) if no to (g), why not?

Answered on 14 February 2023

 

(a)    13 applications to take groundwater and 4 applications for surface water.

 

(b)    Please refer to table below:

Applicant

Volume Requested (gigalitre per annum)

Area (Resource)

Surface / Ground

Kununurra Motorcross Club

0.002

Ord River and Tributaries - Main Ord River

Surface

Anna Plains Cattle Co. Pty. Ltd.

1.5

Canning-Kimberley - La Grange South

Ground

Kimberley Agriculture and Pastoral Company Pty Limited

13

Canning-Kimberley - La Grange North

Ground

Gogo Station Pty Ltd

50

Fitzroy River and Tributaries - Margaret River

Surface

Gogo Station Pty Ltd

1

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Mandora Services Pty Ltd

3

Canning-Kimberley - West Canning - Pardoo

Ground

Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd

27.6

Ord River and Tributaries - Carlton-Mantinea

Surface

Water Corporation

0.2

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Water Corporation

0.3

Canning-Kimberley - La Grange North

Ground

Napier Corporation Pty Ltd

3

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Kimberley Asparagus Pty Ltd

1.705

Broome - Skuthorpe

Ground

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

0.2

Broome - Townsite

Ground

Wirrimanu Aboriginal Corporation

0.5

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Burton, Jamie Peter

1.4

Canning-Kimberley - Canning-Pender

Ground

Sorby Management Pty Ltd

6.5

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Main Roads

0.155

Canning-Kimberley

Ground

Gray Estate Pty Ltd

0.095

Ord River and Tributaries - Main Ord River

Surface

 

 

(c)    Not applicable

 

(d)    As at 19 January 2023 the total licenced allocation in the Kimberley was 527.45 gigalitres per annum (surface water and groundwater).

 

(e)    The metered abstraction from the Fitzroy River and Tributaries is 2.479765 gigalitres. Metered abstraction in other surface water areas is 269.500787 gigalitres.

(f) Two groundwater applications have been rejected between 1 Jan 2019 and 31 December 2022.

 

(g) These applications were rejected due to insufficient supporting information to determine the potential impacts to the water resource and environment.

Instrument Type

Application Type

Primary Party

Volume Requested (gigalitre per annum)

GWL

amend

Consolidated Australian Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd

12.5

GWL

new

Burton, Jamie Peter

10

 

(h) Not applicable