SHARKS — HAZARD MITIGATION
724. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Fisheries:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister commit to expand the DRF coverage east and west of the
transceiver at Leighton Beach so that Port and Cable Station Reef are covered
as well, and also —
The SPEAKER: Sorry, no ''and
also''. That is the question. Please answer it.
Mr D.T.
PUNCH replied:
What
I will commit to for this incident, as with every incident, is that we will
review all the circumstances and factors that have contributed to the
response that has been put in place, and I will take advice on that
accordingly.
The
SPEAKER: In concluding question
time, I will give members some advice. One is that supplementary questions
have to be simple, direct and to the point. They should not contain either a preamble
or more than one question. Another piece of advice is that although we had some
refreshingly brief ministerial answers today, we also had some rather lengthy ones that extended the time of
question time somewhat. If this continually happens, I may have to
consider allowing fewer questions in question time. Finally, I remind members
that under our standing orders, members cannot directly accuse a member of this
house or the other house of lying. If you would like to accuse someone of
lying, you need to do it by way of a substantive motion.
That concludes question time.