Mass Salmon Mortalities – Ministerial Transparency
The problem that you have, if you give an answer like the one you just gave, is that it creates a suspicion that you are trying to hide something.
The problem that you have, if you give an answer like the one you just gave, is that it creates a suspicion that you are trying to hide something.
Have you been advised by your agency of any other potential breaches in relation to the dumping of diseased salmon waste on any other Crown or reserved land ...
Can you tell the council when Parks will be having a look at whether or not there's been ecological impacts on that reserveand to confirm whether or not there has been a breach...
Can you confirm, as the minister responsible for this marine reserve, that the EPA is investigating the impact of the mass mortality event and the potential dumping ...
Can you confirm that diseased fish offal has been either dumped or deposited near this Ninepin Point Marine Reserve.
This has been a position that the Greens have taken since 2017. It was the formal policy that we took to the 2018 election.
Last night, this parliament expressed its will on political donations. That will is to have full transparency.
It was a very shocking and deeply outraging experience for many people. Others have talked about being depressed at where things have got to.
Can I implore you as Parks minister to take this up with Parks? You know as well as I do that the EPA will not have the resources or time to investigate the impact
Have you received any information at all from national parks or from your Parks advisers about this event?