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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1152 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 December 2021 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SHARKS — HAZARD MITIGATION

1152. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Fisheries:

(1) How many shark monitoring receivers are operating presently in Western Australia, and where are these receivers located?

(2) What is the approximate cost of these receivers in capital and recurrent terms?

(3) Can the minister advise when the government will complete the upgrade to these receivers, as advised in his answer of 7 December?

Hon KYLE McGINN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the Minister for Fisheries.

(1) There are currently 34 shark monitoring receivers deployed between the Perth metropolitan area and Esperance.

(2) The capital cost of a shark monitoring receiver will vary dependent on location and installation costs. The capital costs are between $45 000 and $75 000. The recurrent cost varies according to the number of detections within the receiver array. The approximate recurrent costs are between $50 000 and $55 000 each year.

(3) The government has provided funding for these upgrades through to the 2022–23 financial year.