❓ Hon. John Fischer questions the future of Parkeston stockyards, leading to the revelation of relocation plans due to lease issues and upgrade costs. The new South Boulder yards are estimated to cost $1 million.
AnsweredQoN 1259Legislative Council
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(1) Will the minister please advise the House what decisions are being made about the future of the Parkeston stockyards? (2) If the decision is to relocate them to another vicinity, will the minister please advise the House why there needs to be such a relocation? (3) What will be the cost involved with this operation? (4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(2) If the decision is to relocate them to another vicinity, will the minister please advise the House why there needs to be such a relocation? (3) What will be the cost involved with this operation? (4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(3) What will be the cost involved with this operation? (4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(2) If the decision is to relocate them to another vicinity, will the minister please advise the House why there needs to be such a relocation? (3) What will be the cost involved with this operation? (4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(3) What will be the cost involved with this operation? (4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(4) Will the minister agree that to relocate these stockyards may be a backward step considering the further length of time animals may have to endure en route prior to undergoing quarantine inspection before entering Western Australia? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
I thank Hon John Fischer for some notice of the question. (1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(1) The Department of Agriculture has leased the Parkeston stockyards since they were sold to Australia Southern Railway Pty Ltd by the federal Government. When the planned new quarantine inspection yards to be located at south Boulder are operational, the Parkeston stockyards will no longer be used as a quarantine inspection yard. (2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(2) The Parkeston yard is owned by Australia Southern Railway and has been operated by the Department of Agriculture on a three-month-lease basis. The yards require upgrading. However, without security of tenure, the department could not invest in upgrading the yards to the required standard. (3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(3) It is estimated that the new yards at south Boulder will cost approximately $1 million to build. (4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
(4) No. The south Boulder stockyards will be located about 10 kilometres from the Parkeston stockyards. That is about five minutes shorter travel time for stock trucks entering Western Australia via the Eyre Highway and five minutes longer for trucks entering via the central desert highway.
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