Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Racing and Wagering Western Australia - Part 1 of 2, 23 October 2026)

23 October 2026

Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs Parliament of Western Australia

Follow its sittings
00:02 - 00:34
Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia
Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia
Sandra Carr
As we are video conferencing today, I would like to introduce you to the members of the committee who are participating in the hearing.  To my left is the Honourable Rob Horstman,  and the Honourable Phil Twiss,  committee staff advising,  the Honourable Parwinder Kaur, 

and the Honourable Jess Beckerling,  and I am the Honourable Sandra Carr.  We also have recording staff and committee advisers here with us off camera.  If you can please advise who is present with you. 
00:34 - 00:35
Dennis Bree, it's 
00:35 - 00:38
Sandra Carr
Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia
Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia
Sandra Carr
Sorry?  Can you please advise the full names of the people present with you? 
00:38 - 00:40
Speaker 6
Dennis Nikola Barovickha. 
00:40 - 00:43
Speaker 1
Caroline Lisa McMullen. 
00:43 - 00:45
Speaker 4
And David Andrew Hunter. 
00:45 - 01:08
Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia
Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia
Sandra Carr
Thank you.  The committee acknowledges and honours the traditional owners of the ancestral lands upon which we meet today, the Whadjuk Noongar people, and pay our respects to our both elders both past and present.  Well, we've done your full names.  I now require you to take either the oath or affirmation, if we could start with you, please, Dennis. 
01:08 - 01:14
Speaker 9
I sincerely declare and affirm that the evidence I will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 
01:14 - 01:15
Thank you.