❓ Mrs Warr inquires about funding for local governments to manage Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer. The Cook Government outlines significant investment in response plans, research, and urban tree canopy programs.
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I refer to page 226 of the 2025-26 State Budget, No. 2, Volume 1, and the line item Biosecurity Incident and Emergency Management Responses, and I ask : (a) What funding is in place for Local Governments to access in order to manage Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer?
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14 October 2025
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Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food
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8 days
a) The Cook Government has provisioned $26.5 million for the shot-hole borer response plan in the 2025-26 State Budget, to focus on the management of the invasive pest to slow its spread, limit the impact on healthy trees and to protect our horticulture industry including $2.5 million to support the management of Polyphagous shot-hole borer impacts in the inner metropolitan area as part of the transition to management phase of the response.
The funding is part of an additional $62.6 million investment by the Cook Government in biosecurity response activities over 2024-25 to 2027-28. Another $2.17 million Cook Government investment will fund three new research projects to help limit the spread of shot-hole borer, including investigating chemical treatments, through the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration.
The Cook Government is also significantly investing in protecting and expanding WA's urban tree canopy through the $7.2 million WA Tree Recovery program, and the $16.9 million Treebates and Urban Canopy Program.
The funding is part of an additional $62.6 million investment by the Cook Government in biosecurity response activities over 2024-25 to 2027-28. Another $2.17 million Cook Government investment will fund three new research projects to help limit the spread of shot-hole borer, including investigating chemical treatments, through the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration.
The Cook Government is also significantly investing in protecting and expanding WA's urban tree canopy through the $7.2 million WA Tree Recovery program, and the $16.9 million Treebates and Urban Canopy Program.
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