LIVE EXPORT — ANIMALS' ANGELS —
FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY ACCESS
120. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Ports:
I refer to a previous decision by
the Minister for Transport in 2018 in her former capacity as the minister
responsible for ports to allow the German-based animal activist group Animals'
Angels access to Fremantle port to observe live export shipments.
(1) Does Animal's Angels
continue to have access to Fremantle port?
(2) Regarding
question without notice 485 asked by Hon Rick Mazza on 14 June 2018, what
permit condition has the minister placed on Animals' Angels?
(3) Is the
minister aware of any incidents when Animals' Angels have been part of
activist behaviour requiring police involvement?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
(1) The Fremantle
Port Authority offered Animals' Angels access to a specified area of
the port to observe the loading of livestock, subject to an access agreement.
To date, Animals' Angels has not agreed to the deed and has not been
granted access.
(2) Nil. The
proposed deed is between FPA and Animals' Angels.
(3) Although I am
broadly aware that there have been some incidents at Fremantle port in the
past, I am not aware of any specific incidents involving representatives of
Animals' Angels.