❓ A parliamentary question regarding the increase of wild dogs in WA pastoral areas and the threat they pose to livestock. The minister responds with the expected completion date of a review and immediate actions that can be taken.
AnsweredQoN 732Legislative Council
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I have been approached by a number of pastoralists who have complained about the significant increase in the number of wild dogs in pastoral areas of Western Australia. I have been further advised that these wild dogs pose an increasing threat to station stock. I am aware of the minister’s comments last Thursday and of the review that is being chaired by Michelle Allen of the Agriculture Protection Board. (1) When is the review likely to be completed? (2) What practical action can be taken now to reduce the wild dog problem, rather than waiting for the review to be completed? There might be subsequent further delays while the minister and his department consider the recommendations that might be forthcoming from this review. The dog problem is severe and practical action needs to be taken now. I am interested in whether the minister can expand on some of the comments he made last week. Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(1) When is the review likely to be completed? (2) What practical action can be taken now to reduce the wild dog problem, rather than waiting for the review to be completed? There might be subsequent further delays while the minister and his department consider the recommendations that might be forthcoming from this review. The dog problem is severe and practical action needs to be taken now. I am interested in whether the minister can expand on some of the comments he made last week. Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(2) What practical action can be taken now to reduce the wild dog problem, rather than waiting for the review to be completed? There might be subsequent further delays while the minister and his department consider the recommendations that might be forthcoming from this review. The dog problem is severe and practical action needs to be taken now. I am interested in whether the minister can expand on some of the comments he made last week. Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(1) When is the review likely to be completed? (2) What practical action can be taken now to reduce the wild dog problem, rather than waiting for the review to be completed? There might be subsequent further delays while the minister and his department consider the recommendations that might be forthcoming from this review. The dog problem is severe and practical action needs to be taken now. I am interested in whether the minister can expand on some of the comments he made last week. Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(2) What practical action can be taken now to reduce the wild dog problem, rather than waiting for the review to be completed? There might be subsequent further delays while the minister and his department consider the recommendations that might be forthcoming from this review. The dog problem is severe and practical action needs to be taken now. I am interested in whether the minister can expand on some of the comments he made last week. Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
Hon Kim Chance: Certainly. The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
The PRESIDENT: The Minister for Agriculture has the call to answer the question, although not in expansive mode. Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
I thank you, Mr President, for that advice. (1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(1) It is not necessary to answer expansively because the answer given to Hon Murray Criddle’s question last Thursday was complete. I expect Michelle Allen’s report to be completed next month. It is not an extensive report. It is by nature a desktop review of our response capacity and an analysis of the problem. I am aware that the committee involved has spoken to a number of groups and individual pastoralists, so it is a little more than a desktop review. (2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
(2) This is a very reasonable question. The first response, and the most likely one in the short term, is to place additional fresh baits on the ground. It need not necessarily be achieved by way of another aerial baiting. As I advised last Thursday, aerial baiting is carried out in autumn and spring in two sessions a year, but ground baiting can occur at any time. One piece of information is coming through fairly quickly: dog control works well when fresh baits are on the ground, but dog numbers rebuild when baits are stale. This baiting is the best and probably the most cost-effective way of getting action on the ground, particularly if we have accurate information about where dogs are massing. We seem to have that detail. I will check my answer with the Agriculture Protection Board, however, and if something else has occurred that I should have told the member, I will advise Hon George Cash personally.
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