❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses wild dog control in the Southern Rangelands, seeking additional government action, resources, and the feasibility of a dog-proof fence. The Minister responds by outlining current funding and a cost-benefit analysis for a potential fence.
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(2) Can the Minister advise what additional action the Government intends taking to control the dog numbers, including on Crown land?
(3) What additional resources will the Minister commit to counter this wild dog problem and when?
(4) Will the Minister commit to the erection of a dog-proof fence across the top of the Southern Rangeland region to provide a physical barrier to prevent the continued spread of these animals?
(3) What additional resources will the Minister commit to counter this wild dog problem and when?
(4) Will the Minister commit to the erection of a dog-proof fence across the top of the Southern Rangeland region to provide a physical barrier to prevent the continued spread of these animals?
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Answered
1 February 2009
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
52 days
(1) Yes
(2) The Western Australian State Government continues to contribute significant resources to the management of wild dogs in the State, including the Southern Rangelands, through three avenues:
· The Department of Agriculture and Food's (the Department's) investment in providing legislative support, scientific research, planning and management of coordinated control programs, and support for Zone Control Authorities (ZCAs). The 2008/2009 budget specific to wild dog management is $748,500.
· Provision of matching funds to ZCAs via the Declared Plant and Animal Control Fund (DPACF) whereby rates raised from landholders for pest management are matched dollar for dollar by the State Government. The 2008/2009 State Government contribution to wild dog management via the DPACF is $725,000.
· The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) budgeted $392,200 in 2008/2009 for wild dog management on its land and land under its management. The recent round of ZCA planning workshops has identified that additional Government investment will be required to ensure that DEC is able to comply with the WA Rangelands Wild Dog Management Policy on conservation reserves and Unallocated Crown Lands. The Agriculture Protection Board (APB) has requested DEC to confirm the quantum of additional investment required to ensure that Government land managers comply with the policy.
(3) The responsibility of wild dog management rests with the landowner/manager. The Department co-funds wild dog management on private property through the DPACF in pastoral areas, and through Declared Species Groups in agricultural regions.
(4) The Department in partnership with the APB and Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) has recently contracted a company to conduct a fully independent Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the benefit-cost ratio of building a Pastoral Biosecurity Fence. The CBA will investigate several fence options and locations, capital and ongoing maintenance costs, the cost to remove all wild dogs that would remain "inside" any fence structure, as well as the cost of current and optimum control without any fence structure. The report will be presented at a joint sitting of the PGA, APB and State Barrier Fence Management Advisory Committee scheduled for February 2009. I will consider recommendations following that meeting.
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(2) The Western Australian State Government continues to contribute significant resources to the management of wild dogs in the State, including the Southern Rangelands, through three avenues:
· The Department of Agriculture and Food's (the Department's) investment in providing legislative support, scientific research, planning and management of coordinated control programs, and support for Zone Control Authorities (ZCAs). The 2008/2009 budget specific to wild dog management is $748,500.
· Provision of matching funds to ZCAs via the Declared Plant and Animal Control Fund (DPACF) whereby rates raised from landholders for pest management are matched dollar for dollar by the State Government. The 2008/2009 State Government contribution to wild dog management via the DPACF is $725,000.
· The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) budgeted $392,200 in 2008/2009 for wild dog management on its land and land under its management. The recent round of ZCA planning workshops has identified that additional Government investment will be required to ensure that DEC is able to comply with the WA Rangelands Wild Dog Management Policy on conservation reserves and Unallocated Crown Lands. The Agriculture Protection Board (APB) has requested DEC to confirm the quantum of additional investment required to ensure that Government land managers comply with the policy.
(3) The responsibility of wild dog management rests with the landowner/manager. The Department co-funds wild dog management on private property through the DPACF in pastoral areas, and through Declared Species Groups in agricultural regions.
(4) The Department in partnership with the APB and Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) has recently contracted a company to conduct a fully independent Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the benefit-cost ratio of building a Pastoral Biosecurity Fence. The CBA will investigate several fence options and locations, capital and ongoing maintenance costs, the cost to remove all wild dogs that would remain "inside" any fence structure, as well as the cost of current and optimum control without any fence structure. The report will be presented at a joint sitting of the PGA, APB and State Barrier Fence Management Advisory Committee scheduled for February 2009. I will consider recommendations following that meeting.
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