Ms O’CONNOR – A follow‑up question to that minister, and it relates to funding. First of all, can you confirm you are not responsible for the Nature Conservation and Wildlife Regulations of 2023? Would you like to take that on notice? I can check the administrative arrangements.
As a result of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Deer Control Project, federally funded through the Australian Heritage Grants Program, more than a thousand deer were culled over the two‑year period in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. Such important work, we can agree on that. Did Parks and Wildlife apply again for Australian Heritage Grants funding to survey and eradicate deer within the Walls of Jerusalem National Park and surrounding reserves? What funding has been allocated to further controlling deer numbers across the state and particularly in areas of your responsibility in our protected lands?
Mr DUIGAN – Yes, I can confirm that the Parks service has applied for a second round of funding of Australian Heritage Grants. Funding for biosecurity threats in whatever form they may take.
Ms O’Connor – And that would include deer? For the Hansard, that was a consenting shrug, was it?
Mr DUIGAN – Security threats in whatever form they may take.
Ms O’Connor – And that would include deer? Just for the Hansard, that was a sort of consenting shrug, was it?
Mr DUIGAN – Look, biosecurity threats, in whatever form they may take.
