❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the reduction of biosecurity inspections for P3 and P4 declared plants, inquiring about the reasons and potential risks. The Minister attributes the reduction to resource reallocation towards higher priority weeds and outlines future mitigation strategies through Recognised Biosecurity Groups.
AnsweredQoN 4289Legislative Assembly
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Given there will be reduced property inspections for widely distributed declared plants (P3 and P4 categories), I ask:
how many bio-security inspections were being conducted before the property inspections were reduced;
how many inspections are being conducted now;
have the property inspections been reduced due to a lack of available resources; and
if yes, will the Minister explain why there are no longer the resources available to continue property inspections at the previous rate; and
does the Minister have evidence that the reduction in property inspections will not increase any risk to properties?
how many bio-security inspections were being conducted before the property inspections were reduced;
how many inspections are being conducted now;
have the property inspections been reduced due to a lack of available resources; and
if yes, will the Minister explain why there are no longer the resources available to continue property inspections at the previous rate; and
does the Minister have evidence that the reduction in property inspections will not increase any risk to properties?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 February 2011
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
98 days
In the 2009 calendar year, a total of 3 309 inspections were conducted for P3 and P4 Declared Plants statewide, of which 958 inspections were in the South West Agricultural region.
In the 2010 calendar year to date, a total of 2 571 inspections were conducted for P3 and P4 Declared Plants statewide, of which 704 were in the South West Agricultural region.
No, the reduction is due to biosecurity resources being diverted to higher priority weeds such as P2 (eradication) Declared Plants, and to other high priority activities on invasive species including surveillance.
Not Applicable.
Any risks associated with reduced property inspections for P3 and P4 Declared Plants will be addressed in the future by the operation of regionally-based Recognised Biosecurity Groups (RBGs). These are a new mechanism developed under the
Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007
(
BAM
Act
) to deal with widespread declared pests, by giving landholders, industry and Government the opportunity to collaborate against widespread declared pests that are significant to a region.
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In the 2010 calendar year to date, a total of 2 571 inspections were conducted for P3 and P4 Declared Plants statewide, of which 704 were in the South West Agricultural region.
No, the reduction is due to biosecurity resources being diverted to higher priority weeds such as P2 (eradication) Declared Plants, and to other high priority activities on invasive species including surveillance.
Not Applicable.
Any risks associated with reduced property inspections for P3 and P4 Declared Plants will be addressed in the future by the operation of regionally-based Recognised Biosecurity Groups (RBGs). These are a new mechanism developed under the
Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007
(
BAM
Act
) to deal with widespread declared pests, by giving landholders, industry and Government the opportunity to collaborate against widespread declared pests that are significant to a region.
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