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Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Conservation Council of Western Australia - 2:30 pm, 4 November 2026)

4 November 2026

Contents updated on 6 Nov 2026

Chair Carr completes procedural opening and witness formalities, then CCWA delivers its opening evidence supporting the demersal ban, outlining long‑term mismanagement of dhufish stocks, advocating science‑based recovery zones over full sanctuaries, and highlighting seismic blasting and climate change as major overlooked pressures on WA fisheries.

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Opening formalities and CCWA core position

00:02

Chair’s procedural opening and witness formalities

00:02

CCWA opening statement — support for ban and holistic framing

02:12

Long‑term decline in dhufish and need for science‑based recovery

04:08

Demersal recovery zones, marine parks and renewable energy

05:40

Seismic blasting, fisheries impacts and climate change pressures

07:35

CCWA closing summary of opening evidence

11:20

Fisheries governance, stock science and data needs

12:00

Q — Chair: need for long‑term plan and design of recovery zones

12:00

Q — independent stock assessment and trust in science

16:28

Q — evidence base used by CCWA

20:19

Q — loss of commercial data and bubble curtain technology

22:04

Seismic blasting, CCS and impacts on fisheries

23:41

Q — locations of seismic activity and scientific evidence of harm

23:41

Carbon capture and storage, ongoing seismic and public funding

29:31

Q — compatibility of seismic blasting with sustainable fisheries and community impacts

31:26

Industry-funded seismic study — methodological concerns

34:32

Committee scientist challenges criticism of peer-reviewed paper

37:22

Carbon capture and storage evidence — papers on notice

41:05

Seismic blasting purpose, gas expansion and marine heatwaves

43:35

Climate‑driven marine change and decommissioning obligations

47:20

Recent marine heatwave impacts and demersal species constraints

47:20

Regulatory capacity — Auditor General reports and departmental staffing

50:59

Oil and gas decommissioning — environmental risks and legal obligations

54:24

Rigs-to-reefs vs contamination — evidence request

59:11

Jurisdiction, seismic regulation, broader energy footprint and close

01:00:27

Shark depredation, then scope of seismic blasting for state inquiry

01:00:27

WA seismic regulation, NSW offshore ban, and state fishing policy

01:02:33

WA’s outsized oil and gas footprint, just transition and closing

01:04:55

Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Conservation Council of Western Australia - 2:30 pm, 4 November 2026)

4 November 2026

Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs Wed, 4 Nov 2026 Parliament of Western Australia

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00:02 - 00:07

Speaker 1

I think we've got a light to come on, yeah.

00:07 - 00:22

Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia

Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia

Sandra Carr

The committee acknowledges and honours the traditional owners of the ancestral lands upon which we meet today, the Whadjuk Noongar people, and pays its respects to elders both past and present. Before we begin, please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee.

00:22 - 00:27

Speaker 7

Matt Roberts as the Executive Director of the Conservation Council of WA.

00:27 - 00:31

Speaker 4

And Greta Carroll, senior campaigner at the Conservation Council of Western Australia.

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