ANIMAL ACTIVISM — LEGISLATION
1564. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Attorney General's
long-promised animal activist legislation.
(1) In developing this legislation, has the Attorney General's office had any correspondence with WAFarmers, the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Western
Australia Police Force, the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Western Australia, the Livestock and Rural Transport
Association of Western Australia, or any other industry groups impacted by
animal activists?
(2) If yes to
(1), can the minister table this correspondence?
(3) Will the
Attorney General introduce this long-promised legislation to Parliament before
the end of 2019?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
(1) Yes.
Australian Chicken Growers' Council and the Australian Livestock and
Rural Transport Association of Western Australia.
(2) I table the
correspondence.
[See paper 3496.]
(3) As the
Attorney General indicated in response to Legislative Assembly question without
notice 583, answered on 7 August 2019, the legislation will be introduced as
soon as it is ready.