❓ Opposition Leader McGowan questions the Premier about the effectiveness and justification of the shark drum line program, accusing him of backing down and implementing a failed policy. The Premier defends the trial program, citing great white migration patterns and accusing the opposition of hypocrisy.
AnsweredQoN 669Legislative Assembly
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SHARK DRUM LINE PROGRAM — ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AUTHORITY REPORT
669. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. In
light of the fact that the Premier is clearly laying the groundwork to pull
back from his shark culling policy, at least off Perth metropolitan beaches,
and that not a single great white was caught, will the Premier admit that it
was a failed policy from the very beginning and he should never have
implemented it?
PROTECTION AUTHORITY REPORT
669. Mr M. McGOWAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. In
light of the fact that the Premier is clearly laying the groundwork to pull
back from his shark culling policy, at least off Perth metropolitan beaches,
and that not a single great white was caught, will the Premier admit that it
was a failed policy from the very beginning and he should never have
implemented it?
AnswerView source ↗
The program applied over last summer
was a trial, as indeed the prospective three years were to be. It did not start
until the end of January and by that time most of the great whites had gone
further south. If members opposite look at the records, the sightings and
attacks by great whites —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : The sightings —
Mr
M. McGowan interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : The sightings and attacks from great whites, including the
fatal attacks, essentially have been from about this time of the year through
to January. So right now is a dangerous time; this is the time that the large
great whites are migrating past our coastline. The Leader of the Opposition
claims some sort of outrage. The truth of the matter is that he would never
have acted; he would have kept to the policy of his own home state, where they
catch great whites and have been doing so for 50 years.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the third time. We have been through this.
Mr
J. Norberger interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Joondalup! I call you to order for the first and second
time.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I do not want to take this any further.
was a trial, as indeed the prospective three years were to be. It did not start
until the end of January and by that time most of the great whites had gone
further south. If members opposite look at the records, the sightings and
attacks by great whites —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : The sightings —
Mr
M. McGowan interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : The sightings and attacks from great whites, including the
fatal attacks, essentially have been from about this time of the year through
to January. So right now is a dangerous time; this is the time that the large
great whites are migrating past our coastline. The Leader of the Opposition
claims some sort of outrage. The truth of the matter is that he would never
have acted; he would have kept to the policy of his own home state, where they
catch great whites and have been doing so for 50 years.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the third time. We have been through this.
Mr
J. Norberger interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Joondalup! I call you to order for the first and second
time.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I do not want to take this any further.
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