❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Fisheries about awarding a drum line manufacturing contract to a Spanish company instead of a WA company. The Minister defends the decision, stating they are trialing NSW technology not manufactured in Australia, despite Mettam's previous advocacy for it.
AnsweredQoN 989Legislative Assembly
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SHARKS — HAZARD
MITIGATION — DRUM LINES — OVERSEAS CONTRACT
989. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Fisheries:
I refer to reports on Saturday, 24 November
that highlight that shark drum lines for the south west will be manufactured in
Spain.
(1) Why has the
minister awarded a contract to an overseas company at the expense of innovative
Western Australian companies?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that this is yet another example of the McGowan government's
failed local content policy?
MITIGATION — DRUM LINES — OVERSEAS CONTRACT
989. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Fisheries:
I refer to reports on Saturday, 24 November
that highlight that shark drum lines for the south west will be manufactured in
Spain.
(1) Why has the
minister awarded a contract to an overseas company at the expense of innovative
Western Australian companies?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that this is yet another example of the McGowan government's
failed local content policy?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) Even I am surprised
by that question. Honestly!
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr D.J. KELLY : Colin, will
you just be quiet for a minute and do not interject.
The SPEAKER : Minister, call
the member by his correct title, please.
Mr D.J. KELLY : Member for
Moore, will you just be quiet for minute; you might learn something.
The member for Vasse spent months
campaigning to get us to trial the New South Wales technology here in WA. She spent
months telling us that we should trial that technology here in WA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : For a range of
reasons, we are trialling the New South Wales technology here in WA. But the
member for Vasse probably does not know—I think she does but she is
just being mischievous—that the technology that is used in New South
Wales is not manufactured in WA. It is only available overseas.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse.
Mr D.J. KELLY : The local
supplier who contacted us last week did not offer to provide us with the same
technology that New South Wales is using; it has offered an alternative system.
It does not make the technology that it has been utilising. For once, the
member for Vasse should make some sense on this issue. She campaigned for us to
trial the New South Wales drum lines here in WA and that is exactly what we are
doing. Unfortunately, that technology is not manufactured in Australia. The
member for Vasse makes these comments on this issue one day and she says
something else another day. It is all about getting her face in the media or
her name in print. It has nothing to do —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : It's
not saving people from shark attacks. That's what it's about.
The SPEAKER : Member for Scarborough.
Mr D.J. KELLY : If it were really about saving people
from shark attacks, the member for Scarborough would embrace the science and
promote the personal shark deterrents that have been tested by the University
of Western Australia and Flinders University. To date, nearly 2 500 Western Australians
have purchased a subsidised personal shark deterrent, despite the member for
Vasse going on radio and saying that they are like waving a toothpick at a shark.
If the member for Vasse were serious about this, she would promote the programs
that we have on offer, she would support some of the other initiatives that we
and Surfing WA have come up with and she would stop asking ridiculous questions
about the drum lines that we are going to trial in January.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : These are the
drum lines she asked for, and they are the drum lines she is going to get.
by that question. Honestly!
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr D.J. KELLY : Colin, will
you just be quiet for a minute and do not interject.
The SPEAKER : Minister, call
the member by his correct title, please.
Mr D.J. KELLY : Member for
Moore, will you just be quiet for minute; you might learn something.
The member for Vasse spent months
campaigning to get us to trial the New South Wales technology here in WA. She spent
months telling us that we should trial that technology here in WA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : For a range of
reasons, we are trialling the New South Wales technology here in WA. But the
member for Vasse probably does not know—I think she does but she is
just being mischievous—that the technology that is used in New South
Wales is not manufactured in WA. It is only available overseas.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse.
Mr D.J. KELLY : The local
supplier who contacted us last week did not offer to provide us with the same
technology that New South Wales is using; it has offered an alternative system.
It does not make the technology that it has been utilising. For once, the
member for Vasse should make some sense on this issue. She campaigned for us to
trial the New South Wales drum lines here in WA and that is exactly what we are
doing. Unfortunately, that technology is not manufactured in Australia. The
member for Vasse makes these comments on this issue one day and she says
something else another day. It is all about getting her face in the media or
her name in print. It has nothing to do —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : It's
not saving people from shark attacks. That's what it's about.
The SPEAKER : Member for Scarborough.
Mr D.J. KELLY : If it were really about saving people
from shark attacks, the member for Scarborough would embrace the science and
promote the personal shark deterrents that have been tested by the University
of Western Australia and Flinders University. To date, nearly 2 500 Western Australians
have purchased a subsidised personal shark deterrent, despite the member for
Vasse going on radio and saying that they are like waving a toothpick at a shark.
If the member for Vasse were serious about this, she would promote the programs
that we have on offer, she would support some of the other initiatives that we
and Surfing WA have come up with and she would stop asking ridiculous questions
about the drum lines that we are going to trial in January.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : These are the
drum lines she asked for, and they are the drum lines she is going to get.
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