Question – The Tasmanian Planning Commission and the State of the Environment Report

Questions placed on the Notice Paper by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 27 October 2022.  

I (Ms Webb) tomorrow to ask the Honourable Leader of the Government —

With regard to the Government’s decision to require the Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) to produce a new State of the Environment Report (SoE) by June 2024, despite the October 2020 Independent Review of the Commission, conducted by Professor Roberta Ryan and Mr Alex Lawrie, stating that the Commission is not the appropriate body to undertake State of the Environment Reporting:

1. What was the process by which the Government determined to still require the TPC to produce the new State of the Environment Report;
2. Upon what advice was the decision-making process based;
3. (a) Was consideration given by the Government to the option of legislative reform to make the proposed-independent Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)  formally responsible for producing future State of the Environment Reports, and
   (b) if not, why not?
4. (a) Were either the current EPA and TPC consulted by Government during the decision-making process on potential options for the appropriate location of the SoE;
   (b) (i) if so, what was the position of each agency; and
        (ii) if not, why not?
5. Which other agencies, if any, were consulted by Government during the decision-making process; and
6. When was the TPC advised of the Government’s decision to require the Commission to undertake the next SoE by June 2024?

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