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1603 Tuesday, 14 June 1994 THE SPEAKER (Mr Clarko) took the Chair at 2.00 pm. and mead prayers. PETITION - INTEGRATED STEEL MILL AND POWER STATION, EAST ROCKINGHAM INDUSTRIAL PARK SITE MR M. BARNETT (Rockinghamn) [2.03 pm]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We. the undersigned residents of Rockingham, in support of Rockingham City Council, do not accept the siting of the proposed Integrated Steel Mill and Power Station in the East Roclcingharn Industrial Park (1P14) on the grounds of health risk, noise, visual and atmospheric pollution, in such close proximity to existing major residential areas. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 5 307 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. This represents only the first part of this petition. These signatures were collected within three weeks and we needed to present the petition to the Parliament before it rose at the end of this week. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 41 .] PETITION - LOGGING, HESTER STATE FOREST MR OMODEI (Warren - Minister for Local Government) 12.04 pm)]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We the undersigned;, 1. Consider the Department of Conservation and Land Management's current logging proposals for the Hester State Forest are an unacceptable risk to the long term economy and quality of life of the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire Community. 2. Call upon the Department of Conservation and Land Management to hold a public workshop open to all of the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire Community, to establish and address all of the issues and impacts of logging of the Hester State Forest upon this community. 3. Call upon the Department of Conservation and Land Management to manage the Hester State Forest in accordance with the wishes of the Bridgetown- Greenbushes Shire Community. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 650 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 42.] 1604 [ASSEMBLY) PETITION - URBAN BUSHLAND, KELMSCOrF, PRESERVATION MRS HALLAHAN (Armadale - Deputy Leader of the Opposition) [2.05 pm]: 1 present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We, the undersigned urgently seek to protect and preserve the unique remnant of urban banksia. bushland from development at Kelrnscorr. We therefore request funding assistance as a matter of high priority, from the State Government, to purchase the land located at the junction of Cammillo Road, Railway Avenue and Bray Street, Kelmscox: in the City of Armadale (Lots 1, 2 and 3 Carumillo Road and Lots 4, 5 and 6 Bray Street) in line with the draft Urban Bushland Strategy. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 64 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 43.] PETITION - POLICE, ARMADALE REGION, ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION MRS HALLAHAN (Armadale - Deputy Leader of the Opposition) [2.06 pm]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. Given recent disturbing incidents, we the undersigned call on the State Government to allocate more Police to the Arrnadale Region, so that appropriate police action can be taken to protect residents from disturbances, and assault, and to protect their property, their homes and motor vehicles from damage. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 60 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 44.] PETITION - WATER RATES, FIXED SERVICE CHARGE DELETION MRS HALLAHAN (Armadale - Deputy Leader of the Opposition) [2.07 pmj: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We, the undersigned people of Western Australia request that the Minister for Water Resources delete the fixed service charge on water rates now that the 150 kilolitre free allowance has been cancelled. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 189 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. JSee petition No 45.] [Tuesday. 14 June 1994] 101605 PETITION - GAMING, POKER MACHINES IN CLUBS AND HOTELS, ALLOWANCE MR TRENORDEN (Avon) [2.08 pm]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable cte Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We, the undersigned, respectfully request the West Australian Government to change Legislation to allow the introduction of gaming/poker machines into clubs and hotels in the State of Western Australia. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 5 403 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 46.] PETITION - YORK-BEVERLEY TURF CLUB, RACING RESUMPTION MR TRENORDEN (Avon) 12.09 pm]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We the undersigned do urgently request that racing resumes at York-Beverley Turf Club as soon as possible. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 1 204 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. This petition is a response from the community to the closure of the race club which it was said they did not care about. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 47.] PETITION - CHAPMAN VALLEY RESEARCH STATION MR MINSON (Greenough - Minister for the Environment) [2.10 pml: I present the following petition for 127 citizens - To: The Honourable the Premier and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. There is a proposal to close down and sell the Chapman Valley research station. We the undersigned therefore respectfully request the Parliament of Western Australia to ensure that the said research station continue to operate under the control of the Department of Agriculture and fully utilise the facility for research. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. With a slight problem at the beginning of the petition where it is addressed to the Premier rather than the Speaker, the petition conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: Order! The petition is addressed to the Honourable the Premier and members of the Legislative Assembly in Parliament assembled. Although it excludes me, its aim is to be presented to this House. 1606 [ASSEMBLY] Dr Gallop: You are a member of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: The petition excludes me in a formal way. However, latitude has been given in the past to the presentation of petitions and I direct that this petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 5 1.1 PETITION - SCHOOL BUS FARES, PORT HEDLAND MR GRAHAM (Pilbara) [2.12 pmJ: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We, the undersigned petitioners request the Western Australian Government to cancel the proposed introduction of bus fares for children attending school in the Port Hedland area until the appropriate level of community facilities are in place. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will give this matter earnest consideration and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. The petition bears 896 signatures and I certify that it conforms to the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly. The SPEAKER: I direct that the petition be brought to the Table of the House. [See petition No 48.1 PETITION - BUS AND TRAIN FARES, INCREASE MR CATANIA (Balcatta) [2.13 pm]: I present the following petition - To: The Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We. the undersigned people of Western Australia wish to convey objection to any proposed increase in bus and train fares.