TOURISM OPERATORS —
PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
449. Mr
V.A. CATANIA to the Attorney General:
I refer to the heavy premiums and
lack of public liability insurance for adventure tourism operators. Will the
Attorney General implement a similar third party insurance scheme as exists in
New Zealand to support the struggling tourism sector and prevent the widespread
closure of adventure tourism operators in Western Australia?
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
I thank the member for the question.
This is a nationwide problem for adventure tourism.
Mr D.T. Redman: The Minister
for Tourism has dumped you in it.
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: No, not at
all.
The SPEAKER: Members, it is
called teamwork. Attorney General.
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: The
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Ms Kate Carnell, is
looking into this very problem at the moment. It is a nationwide problem with
adventure tourism.
Mr P. Papalia: Attorney
General —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: The Attorney
General is not taking interjections.
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
Mr V.A. CATANIA: The
minister is providing the Attorney General with an answer.
Several members interjected.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: As I said —
The SPEAKER: Can you speak
up a bit, Attorney General?
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: —
the small business ombudsman, Kate Carnell, is looking into this. As soon as
she has a report back, we will table it.