Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 12 December 2011:

In regard to the proposed Commonwealth South-West Marine Parks:

(1) Given that in October 2011 a document entitled 'Revised SW Network September 2011' was discovered, are the proposed boundaries on that map the Commonwealth's proposed boundaries.

(2) Is it correct that when the current marine planning process is finished, Australia will have more sanctuaries that the rest of the world combined.

(3) Can the Minister provide the relevant scientific data on which these new proposed marine park areas have been based.

(4) Can the Minister provide the submissions received from the consultation process so that it is possible to assess the basis on which the submissions provide a sound basis for creating new national marine parks.