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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 181 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 March 2019 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

LANDGATE — PASTURES FROM SPACE — DECOMMISSIONING

181. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:

I refer to question without notice 883 asked by me to the minister on 20 September 2018. The answer stated that discussions were occurring between the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and Landgate to provide an alternative service to the Pastures from Space tool for farmers after it was decommissioned by Landgate.

(1) Have these discussions progressed since 19 September 2018?

(2) If yes to (1), what meetings were held, on what dates and who attended those meetings?

(3) If yes to (1), what alternative methods will the state government provide to support farmers in monitoring feed and water on large pastoral leases?

(4) Could the Pastures from Space program or a similar remote-sensing tool be used to help prevent animal deaths in the Pilbara and Kimberley by giving property owners information on feed and water availability?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question.

(1) Yes.

(2) Meetings between Landgate, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's legal, technical and operational proponents have been occurring on approximately a fortnightly basis since September 2018. By April 2019, we expect industry to have access to data on a district level for pasture growth.

(3) Pastures from Space is relevant only to the agricultural regions and has therefore not been used to monitor conditions on pastoral leases.

(4) Yes. Other models using satellite imagery are being used by DPIRD to monitor change in vegetation in the pastoral region.