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Question Without Notice No. 1269 asked in the Legislative Council on 29 October 2019 by Hon Ken Baston

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

ANIMAL WELFARE RISK ASSESSMENT — PASTORAL LEASES

1269. Hon KEN BASTON to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:

I refer to the answers to question without notice 571, which was asked on 5 June 2019, regarding the animal welfare risk assessment of all Western Australian pastoral leases.

(1) Has the risk assessment been completed?

(2) If yes, how many pastoral leases were found to be at risk of animal welfare breaches such as those reported in 2019 at Yandeyarra and Noonkanbah and in what capacity is the department providing support to the pastoral leases identified as at risk?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question.

(1)–(2) Yes. The risk assessment has been completed. In the first instance, the risk assessment was a desktop exercise that looked at known data points, including rainfall data, history and experience of management and the management of stock numbers to inform a risk profile for each pastoral lease, which was used to prioritise property visits and assessments. There have been difficult circumstances right across the pastoral area. The department is working with a small number of properties around livestock management measures, given the season. The properties identified have been prioritised for further assessment. We have managed to do 120 since July. We have been working with pastoralists on their watering points, destocking and agistment. We have held forums in the Kimberley, the Pilbara and the Gascoyne to really help them gain the information and technical skills they need to deal with climate and weather, forage budgeting and decision dates to help them with the proper management of stock.