Steve Irons (Swan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to speak about a couple of environmental projects in the electorate of Swan. The great state of WA has a beautiful environment with many magnificent locations in the seat of Swan. The electorate of Swan is named after Perth's Swan River, which acts as the electoral border in the north and west of the electorate and, more importantly, is home to more than 130 species of fish and 1,500 plant species. Such an environmentally rich and diverse electorate comes with a responsibility to ensure that our future generations can also enjoy our natural surroundings.

Swan has two current projects within the Environment portfolio. The first is the new Green Army project to aid the recovery of the Swan and Canning rivers. The project will entail environmental restoration of the rivers, improving local riverbanks and protecting local threatened species of the area. In addition to this, we have received funding to stage 2 of the Swan-Canning River Recovery Program. This will actively help finish the job of completely eliminating hydrocotyl, a highly invasive weed, from the river system, effectively improving and stabilising the condition of the rivers.

Yesterday, I had the fortune to meet with the Minister for the Environment and Energy. We discussed how this government is getting on with the job of protecting and preserving our natural heritage through education, action and making a long-term investment in our local environment in the seat of Swan.

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