SHARKS — HAZARD
MITIGATION — DRUM LINE TRIAL
163. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister
for Fisheries:
This is the third consecutive
question that the minister has asked for an extension of time to answer, as
opposed to the allotted time frame, which is normally undertaken —
The PRESIDENT: Member, why do
you not just ask your question without the long preamble and see whether there
is an answer?
Hon JIM CHOWN: I will ask my
question.
Several members interjected.
The
PRESIDENT: Order! Hansard finds
it very difficult to hear members on their feet if you are yelling over them.
Hon JIM CHOWN: I ask —
(1) What are the
names of all independent observers who have participated, to date, in the Shark-Management-Alert-In-Real-Time
drum line trial?
(2) Which
organisations or interest groups do the independent observers named in (1)
represent?
(3) For each
independent observer named in (1), which member of the SMART drum line trial
ministerial reference group nominated that person?
(4) Have any
independent observers in the SMART drum line trial been paid to participate by
either the state government or an organisation represented on the SMART drum
line trial ministerial reference group?
(5) Will the
minister table the minutes of the SMART drum line trial ministerial reference
group meeting at which independent observers of the trial were discussed and
agreed; and, if not, why not?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
I am happy to say that we have a very good answer for him. The Minister for
Fisheries has provided the following information.
(1) It is Mr
Michael Dicks.
(2) It is the Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society.
(3) It is Mr Jeff
Hansen.
(4) No.
(5) The matter
was discussed at the Wednesday, 30 January 2019 meeting of the SMART drum line
trial ministerial reference group. I table the attached paper that contains the
minute from this agenda item.
[See paper 2461.]
Hon Jim Chown:
Why does it take two days to get a response?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: The
member should be happy he got one.