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(o) Provision of Project and Contract Management Support Services. (p) Supply and erect fencing, Bypass area, Shire of Busselton. (q) Supply and erection of approximately 25kms of fencing on the Port Gregory to Kalbarri Road, Shire of Northampton. (r) Material investigation consultancy, from Laverton to the Western Australian / Northern Territory border. (s) Manufacture and supply of Tric Bloc concrete safety barriers. (t) Bridge construction and associated roadworks, Little Panton River and Spring Creek, . (u) Longitudinal road line marking, Gascoyne and Pilbara Regions. (v) Longitudinal road line marking in the Midwest, Wheatbelt North and Goldfields- Esperance Regions. (w) Longitudinal road line marking in Rural Regions: Wheatbelt South, Great Southern and South West Regions. (x) Supply and spray bitumen, supply sealing aggregate, supply and place asphalt, Shire of Tammin. (y) Bituminous sealing, bitumen supply and spray and aggregate spreading, , 105 to 113 SLK, Shire of Dundas. (z) Sprayed bituminous surfacing pavement repairs, Great Northern Highway, , , Kimberley Region. (aa) Supply and lay bituminous microsurfacing to existing seals on and Coolgardie- Esperance Highway. (bb) Provision of limited cadastral survey for casement definition, Sues Road, Brockman Highway, Stewart Road and Gibb River Road. (cc) Provision of limited cadastral survey for casement definition, Sues Road, Brockman Highway, Stewart Road and Gibb River Road. (5) (a) 6 May 1999. (b) 6 August 1999. (c) 9 July 1999. (d) 11 June 1999. (e) 16 July 1999. (f) 31 March 2000. (g)-(h) 7 July 1999. (i) 30 June 1999. (j) 10 June 1999. (k) 28 January 2001. (l) 25 May 2001. (m) 13 July 1999. (n) 17 May 2000. (o) 5 May 2001. (p) 9 August 1999. (q) 20 July 1999. (r) 4 February 2000. (s) 28 November 2000. (t) 28 November 1999. (u) 21 July 1999. (v) 22 July 1999. (w) 17 July 1999. (x) 15 June 1999. (y) 16 April 1999. (z) 30 June 1999. (aa) 2 June 1999. (bb)-(cc) 29 May 2000.

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, REGIONAL ACCESS PLANS 242. Mr BROWN to the Minister for Resources Development; Energy; Education: In relation to the Government's election commitment that all Government agencies will develop and publish an affirmative action program (the Regional Access Equity Plan) to improve delivery of services to regional Western Australia will the Minister table the Regional Access Plans that have been published by agencies for which they are responsible? Mr BARNETT replied: On July 7, 1999 a draft Regional Development Policy for Western Australia was released for public comment. The draft policy includes strategies to ensure equitable access to an appropriate range and mix of services across the regions. The draft policy will require government agencies to include as part of their reporting requirements details of their achievements in delivering services to regional customers. This reporting would be consolidated under the Government’s Customer Focus Policy. In addition, the draft policy suggests the development of a State of the Regions report that would include information on all aspects of regional living including levels of service delivery, economic performance, demographic details and quality of life measures. The draft policy is open for public comment until 3 September 1999. Implementation of these initiatives will meet the Government’s commitment to monitoring the level of service delivery to regional Western Australia. PARKS AND RESERVES, CANCELLATIONS UNDER REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENT 266. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for the Environment: (1) Which conservation reserves (national parks, nature reserves, conservation parks) proposed and approved in current [Tuesday, 12 October 1999] 1801

forest management plans have been revoked, cancelled or withdrawn, or reduced in size, under the Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) forest conservation reserve system set up by the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA)? (2) For each previously approved reserve will the Minister state how many hectares have been revoked, cancelled and withdrawn? (3) For each previously approved reserve, what is the area of - (a) forest, and (b) old growth forest that has been revoked, cancelled or withdrawn? (4) What area of each remains in conservation reserves? (5) Was each area revoked, cancelled or withdrawn scientifically assessed in order to decide whether or not it was worthy of conservation reserve status? (6) If not, why not? (7) If yes, will the Minister provide the scientific documentation specific to each area that led to the decision to revoke, cancel or withdraw its conservation reserve status? (8) Are any of the areas that have had their conservation reserve status revoked, cancelled or withdrawn likely to be used for mineral extraction in the future? (9) If yes, which ones? Mrs EDWARDES replied: (1)-(4) There are 18 polygons identified in the Table 6 of Attachment 1 to the Regional Forest Agreement, that under the RFA will remain as State forest. These areas are parts of 17 previously proposed conservation reserves. None of these areas have had their conservation status revoked, cancelled or withdrawn as the current land tenure for all of them is not as a conservation reserve. It is only the intention to reserve that has been changed. One of the objectives of the RFA process was to establish a comprehensive, adequate and representative (CAR) reserve system, in accordance with the Nationally Agreed Reserve Criteria. These criteria were completed in 1997 and differed from the criteria used to design the reserve system in the Forest Management Plan 1994-2003. As a result of the new criteria some values were found to be lacking in the existing reserve system, while other values were over-represented. RFA Locality Area Area of Area of Area Area Map ID Name remaining forest and old growth within the reserve proposed as State woodland forest and map ID in the Forest forest woodland that is an Management Plan informal that is a formal reserve reserve under the RFA 15 Wandoo (part) 4,776 4,756 369 143 3,714 19 Gibbs 5,929 5,535 0 33 0 25 Duncan 3,487 3,356 70 744 4,940 26 Gyngoorda 3,465 3,376 41 60 0 34 George 2,658 2,633 324 0 514 37 Pascoe 220 214 0 3 686 50 Dardanup 76 0 0 62 536 53 Preston 877 873 6 144 0 55 Goonac 3,565 3,546 0 245 3,036 56 Camballan 6,752 6,601 0 23 1,827 81 St Johns Brook 3,387 3,352 0 884 0 82 Whicher (part) 3,215 3,213 0 26 3,221 84 Whicher (part) 35 0 0 25 Included above 92 Rapids 1,145 1,117 0 191 1,302 93 Mowen 841 736 0 41 0 108 Keninup 5,767 5,631 184 217 41,549 (part Perup) 110 Talling 5,493 4,810 1,896 679 830 116 Charley 2,254 1,612 1,346 717 2,071 (5) Yes. (6) Not applicable. (7) The scientific documentation is contained in the 46 reports produced as a part of the RFA process. (8) A number of areas proposed in previous Forest Management Plans will remain as State forest, at least in part, because of high mineral prospectivity. (9) Wandoo, Gibbs, Duncan, Gyngoorda, George, Pascoe, Dardanup, Camballan, Whicher (Map ID 84) and Talling.

FORESTS AND FORESTRY, JARRAH, KARRI, WANDOO AND TUART 352. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for the Environment: Will the Minister advise how much jarrah, karri, wandoo and tuart is in the whole of the South-West, in particular - (a) in existing and approved formal reserves (national parks, conservation parks, nature reserves);