❓ Mr. Blayney raises concerns about wild dogs impacting pastoralists. Mr. Redman details government initiatives, including funding for declared species groups and a review of southern pastoral areas, amidst significant interjections and parliamentary disorder.
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WILD DOGS
Many pastoralists around the state, including in my electorate, are concerned about the impact of wild dogs and other feral pests. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN
Many pastoralists around the state, including in my electorate, are concerned about the impact of wild dogs and other feral pests. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Will the minister inform the house of the steps the government is taking to address this problem? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
I again thank the member for Geraldton for asking a question pertinent to the agricultural industry. In response to the mocking of the opposition, this question about wild dogs raises an issue faced in many regional areas of Western Australia, particularly the agricultural industry. This serious issue should not be downplayed. I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
I recently had the good fortune to visit Newdegate field day. I did not see too many opposition members there, but it was certainly good to go down there. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Take a seat, minister. Perhaps sometimes I should specialise in wild dog control in this place myself. I would like to hear the minister’s answer, but several interjections have prevented that. To members to my left and right who find this amusing, I would like to find out if it is amusing by listening to the minister. The minister has the call. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Whilst I was there I was lucky enough to present a cheque for $44 000 to the Ravensthorpe Declared Species Group. That is the first of a number of relationships that the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, will have with a number of declared species groups. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr M.P. Murray : If you hang about with wild dogs, you might get fleas! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I hear that the member for Collie-Preston received a wonderful reception in Dowerin recently, particularly on the genetically modified crops issue. Apparently he was warmly received down there for having a good understanding of the agricultural industry! It would be interesting to receive feedback from him on that front. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Members! Take a seat, minister. Members who wish to interject from now on will be formally called. I want to hear the rest of the minister’s comments. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I highlight the significance of having a relationship between the state government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and declared species groups in order to tackle a very significant issue for the agricultural industry of Western Australia. I presented a cheque for $44 000, which was the first of a number of cheques that will go to these groups in a relationship whereby the benefit of local knowledge can be gained from these particular groups, as well as their strong commitment to a range of biosecurity issues, in this case the issue of wild dogs. This is being done with the scientific support and the expertise of the Department of Agriculture and Food. This is only a part of the funds that go into dealing with wild dogs. The department has a whole range of programs to tackle the issue. It is not a new issue, but it is a big issue. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Members, you are stretching it. I formally call the member for Warnbro for the first time. The minister has the call. Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : On the issue of wild dogs, it is critical that we have a very broad battlefront. There is no benefit to tackling a particular issue and expecting it to deal with the broader problem. It is a broad issue that is significant across a big portion of the state, not the least of which is the eastern agricultural areas in particular, where they border onto the pastoral areas and the pastoral industry itself. This is one step in a series of steps this government is taking to deal with a significant issue. Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Hon Wendy Duncan is in the closing stages of a review she has done, looking at the southern pastoral areas, where a major issue is the management of wild dogs, particularly with some of the changes in land tenure in that area and some of the viability issues, to which wild dogs have been a significant contributor. She will be handing down some recommendations that need to be taken by government in its response to this problem. The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The member for Collie-Preston put out a media release recently about wild dogs. Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr M.P. Murray : Yes! Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one of the few mentions he gets, so he has to make the most of it! The member for Collie-Preston’s release stated that I was playing politics with the issue of wild dog eradication. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I find it very difficult to understand how we can be playing politics if we are taking responsibility for the issue by building relationships with affected communities and having a co-funding arrangement that benefits both parties, and also if this is the first of a range of relationships with these declared species groups to tackle a problem. I can understand that the opposition has not got too many seats out there, so that members opposite might have a little difficulty in getting an appreciation for the issue, but this government will stand on its merits on an issue that it is tackling. The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
The SPEAKER : I formally call the members for Collie-Preston, Cockburn and Albany for the first time; they obviously did not hear what I said.
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