Hon Nigel Hallett asks what assistance the state government will offer Kimberley pastoralists following the closure of the Wyndham cattle export facilities. Hon Kim Chance responds by stating he will seek an assessment of the impact from the Department of Agriculture and Food.

AnsweredQoN 234Legislative Council
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19 March 2008
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Agriculture and Food

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CATTLE EXPORT FACILITIES — KIMBERLEY PASTORALISTS 234. Hon NIGEL HALLETT to the Minister for Agriculture and Food: What assistance will the state government offer Kimberley pastoralists in obtaining alternative suitable cattle export facilities, given the closure of the Wyndham yards later this year? Hon KIM CHANCE

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I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Wyndham cattle yards are privately owned and the owner has decided to close the yards in September 2008. I will ask the Department of Agriculture and Food to provide me with an assessment of the impact of this decision on live cattle exports from the region, taking into account the other facilities that are operating in the Kimberley. I acknowledge, as the member’s colleague Hon Ken Baston has brought to the attention of the house, that there has been a diminution in saleyard services and livestock handling services in Broome as well.
CATTLE EXPORT FACILITIES — KIMBERLEY PASTORALISTS
What assistance will the state government offer Kimberley pastoralists in obtaining alternative suitable cattle export facilities, given the closure of the Wyndham yards later this year? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Wyndham cattle yards are privately owned and the owner has decided to close the yards in September 2008. I will ask the Department of Agriculture and Food to provide me with an assessment of the impact of this decision on live cattle exports from the region, taking into account the other facilities that are operating in the Kimberley. I acknowledge, as the member’s colleague Hon Ken Baston has brought to the attention of the house, that there has been a diminution in saleyard services and livestock handling services in Broome as well.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Wyndham cattle yards are privately owned and the owner has decided to close the yards in September 2008. I will ask the Department of Agriculture and Food to provide me with an assessment of the impact of this decision on live cattle exports from the region, taking into account the other facilities that are operating in the Kimberley. I acknowledge, as the member’s colleague Hon Ken Baston has brought to the attention of the house, that there has been a diminution in saleyard services and livestock handling services in Broome as well.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Wyndham cattle yards are privately owned and the owner has decided to close the yards in September 2008. I will ask the Department of Agriculture and Food to provide me with an assessment of the impact of this decision on live cattle exports from the region, taking into account the other facilities that are operating in the Kimberley. I acknowledge, as the member’s colleague Hon Ken Baston has brought to the attention of the house, that there has been a diminution in saleyard services and livestock handling services in Broome as well.
The Wyndham cattle yards are privately owned and the owner has decided to close the yards in September 2008. I will ask the Department of Agriculture and Food to provide me with an assessment of the impact of this decision on live cattle exports from the region, taking into account the other facilities that are operating in the Kimberley. I acknowledge, as the member’s colleague Hon Ken Baston has brought to the attention of the house, that there has been a diminution in saleyard services and livestock handling services in Broome as well.

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