Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.30 pm]: I rise tonight because I want to talk about a range of North Metropolitan Region planning concerns that have steadily been coming into my office over the last few weeks and months. Concerns about planning have been a bit of a constant refrain throughout my entire term in Parliament, but I have found that those concerns became louder after the establishment of the joint development assessment panel system because the JDAPs do not have a majority of local government members.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [9.54 pm]: During the dinner break, I was very pleased to host Guide Dogs WA at the Western Australian Parliament. I thank the Presiding Officers for allowing the function to proceed. We had hoped to do that earlier in the year, but we were unable to do that due to the COVID restrictions. Therefore, I was very pleased that we were able to do that today.