❓ Question regarding the Department of Conservation and Land Management's capacity to control wildfires, met with a dismissive and sarcastic response from the Minister, deeming the question 'ridiculous'.
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WILDFIRE CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT
Will the minister give a categorical assurance that the Department of Conservation and Land Management will have the capacity to control wildfires, similar to that which occurred in the Walpole wilderness area last year and in the south west in 1997? Dr EDWARDS
Will the minister give a categorical assurance that the Department of Conservation and Land Management will have the capacity to control wildfires, similar to that which occurred in the Walpole wilderness area last year and in the south west in 1997? Dr EDWARDS
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I am glad that the member thinks I am God! How can any minister give a categorical assurance about a wildfire? That was a ridiculous question.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I am glad that the member thinks I am God! How can any minister give a categorical assurance about a wildfire? That was a ridiculous question.
I am glad that the member thinks I am God! How can any minister give a categorical assurance about a wildfire? That was a ridiculous question.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I am glad that the member thinks I am God! How can any minister give a categorical assurance about a wildfire? That was a ridiculous question.
I am glad that the member thinks I am God! How can any minister give a categorical assurance about a wildfire? That was a ridiculous question.
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