❓ Hon Ken Baston asks about the cost of animal welfare risk assessments on pastoral leases, and whether leaseholders will bear any costs. The Minister clarifies the assessment is internal and leaseholders won't be charged, but infrastructure improvements remain their responsibility.
AnsweredQoN 571Legislative Council
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ANIMAL WELFARE RISK
ASSESSMENT — PASTORAL LEASES
571. Hon KEN BASTON to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:
I refer to the report in The West
Australian online of Monday, 3 June 2019, titled ''Pastoralists
under scrutiny over cattle welfare''.
(1) What is the
total cost of conducting this animal welfare risk assessment of all Western Australian
pastoral leases?
(2) Will pastoral leaseholders incur
any of the costs associated with the assessment process?
(3) Will the properties assessed as
high risk be financially responsible for the required improvements?
ASSESSMENT — PASTORAL LEASES
571. Hon KEN BASTON to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:
I refer to the report in The West
Australian online of Monday, 3 June 2019, titled ''Pastoralists
under scrutiny over cattle welfare''.
(1) What is the
total cost of conducting this animal welfare risk assessment of all Western Australian
pastoral leases?
(2) Will pastoral leaseholders incur
any of the costs associated with the assessment process?
(3) Will the properties assessed as
high risk be financially responsible for the required improvements?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1) The cost of
conducting this risk assessment has not been calculated but the work is being
conducted internally within the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage and
the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
(2) Pastoral leaseholders will not
incur any of the costs associated with this assessment process.
(3) The animal
welfare risk assessment is primarily a desktop exercise that involves the
scrutiny of known data points, including rainfall data, history and experience
of management and management of stock numbers, to inform a risk profile for a pastoral
lease. Potential future costs associated with infrastructure improvements
remain the responsibility of the leaseholder.
(1) The cost of
conducting this risk assessment has not been calculated but the work is being
conducted internally within the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage and
the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
(2) Pastoral leaseholders will not
incur any of the costs associated with this assessment process.
(3) The animal
welfare risk assessment is primarily a desktop exercise that involves the
scrutiny of known data points, including rainfall data, history and experience
of management and management of stock numbers, to inform a risk profile for a pastoral
lease. Potential future costs associated with infrastructure improvements
remain the responsibility of the leaseholder.
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