A parliamentary question regarding herbicide use in a weed eradication program at Yule Brook. The Minister's response indicates no herbicides will be used, relying on manual weeding instead.

AnsweredQoN 4172Legislative Assembly
Asked
14 October 2010
Portfolio
Environment

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In relation to the weed eradication program at Yule Brook, I ask:
(a) will the Minister indicate how much of the $50,000 weed eradication and planting program at Yule Brook will be spent on herbicides in the current financial year;
(b) will the Minister name the herbicides that will be applied at Yule Brook; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(c) how will the herbicides be prevented from entering Yule Brook and the river systems?

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Answered
11 November 2010
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
28 days
(a)-(c)I am advised that all of the weeding required as part of this project will be done manually.  As such none of the $50,000 will be spent on herbicide application.
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