❓ A parliamentary question addresses the importation of meat from Queensland for wild dog baiting programs in WA, questioning costs, local sourcing, and alternative bait development. The Minister provides details on costs, tendering processes, and ongoing research into alternative bait options.
AnsweredQoN 970Legislative Council
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My question is asked on behalf of Hon John Fischer who had to leave the Chamber. (1) Will the minister inform the House whether meat has ever been imported from Queensland to Western Australia to be used as fresh meat baits in aerial baiting programs in the fight to reduce wild dog numbers? (2) If yes to (1), at what cost? (3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(1) Will the minister inform the House whether meat has ever been imported from Queensland to Western Australia to be used as fresh meat baits in aerial baiting programs in the fight to reduce wild dog numbers? (2) If yes to (1), at what cost? (3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(2) If yes to (1), at what cost? (3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(1) Will the minister inform the House whether meat has ever been imported from Queensland to Western Australia to be used as fresh meat baits in aerial baiting programs in the fight to reduce wild dog numbers? (2) If yes to (1), at what cost? (3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(2) If yes to (1), at what cost? (3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(3) If yes to (1), what freight charges were incurred? (4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(4) If yes to (1), were the freight costs passed on to the end user as part of the full cost recovery? (5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(5) If yes to (1), will the minister enlighten the House as to whether local Western Australian processors were approached to supply the required meat? (6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(6) Will the minister inform the House of the reason local processors have not been approached to provide an alternative bait, perhaps in the form of a sausage that could be manufactured to exact content and weight specifications? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
I thank Hon John Fischer in absentia for the question. (1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(1) Yes. (2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(2) The total cost including freight and goods and services tax was $213 825.26. (3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(3) The total freight cost - that is, the freight component of that figure - including GST was $28 548. (4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(4) Yes. (5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(5) Tenders received from Western Australia could not supply the quantities required, nor were they as price competitive as the Queensland company. (6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
(6) The specifications for such a bait have not yet been developed. The Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, is undertaking research to evaluate a sausage-salami-like bait. I add to that answer that the actual situation is somewhat more advanced than that. The Department of Conservation and Land Management in particular has taken that research quite a long way. A memorandum of understanding has been formed now between CALM and the Department of Agriculture and all that is required is business case issues and construction facilities to be put in place before that can be a reality.
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