❓ Mr Blayney asks about the budget and KPIs for the Wild Dog Action Plan. The Minister provides details on funding and outlines medium and long-term outcomes related to livestock industry revitalisation and pest animal control.
AnsweredQoN 2607Legislative Assembly
Asked
13 March 2018
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
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I refer to the Wild Dog Action Plan and I ask: (a) What is the budget for the Plan; and (b) What are the KPI’s that will measure the Plan’s effectiveness?
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Answered
15 May 2018
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Response time
12 days
(a) State Government funding of $18.59 million over the financial years 2016-17 until 2020-21 has been approved. An additional $3.53 million in Australian Government funding has been leveraged.
(b) Under the Summary Investment Proposal for the Wild Dog Action Plan, the Medium and Long Term Outcomes are:
· Reduction in the impact of wild dogs on livestock industries.
· Increased co-investment in industry-based exclusion fencing.
· Revitalisation of livestock industries in the southern rangelands attributable to wild dog control.
· Increased livestock numbers in agricultural areas attributable to wild dog control.
Under the Summary Investment Proposal for the State Barrier Fence – Natural Resource Management, the Medium and Long Term Outcomes are:
· Improve the effectiveness of the State Barrier Fence in controlling the movement of pest animals.
· Reduction in the impact of wild dogs, kangaroos and emus and other pest animals on agricultural productivity and biodiversity.
· Reduction in financial losses due to wild dogs and other pest animals in Western Australia.
(b) Under the Summary Investment Proposal for the Wild Dog Action Plan, the Medium and Long Term Outcomes are:
· Reduction in the impact of wild dogs on livestock industries.
· Increased co-investment in industry-based exclusion fencing.
· Revitalisation of livestock industries in the southern rangelands attributable to wild dog control.
· Increased livestock numbers in agricultural areas attributable to wild dog control.
Under the Summary Investment Proposal for the State Barrier Fence – Natural Resource Management, the Medium and Long Term Outcomes are:
· Improve the effectiveness of the State Barrier Fence in controlling the movement of pest animals.
· Reduction in the impact of wild dogs, kangaroos and emus and other pest animals on agricultural productivity and biodiversity.
· Reduction in financial losses due to wild dogs and other pest animals in Western Australia.
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