House debates

Monday, 17 August 2026

Private Members' Business

National Wild Dog Action Plan

12:17 pm

Photo of Tony PasinTony Pasin (Barker, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister Assisting for Fisheries and Forestry) | Hansard source

That's right. So there are many examples here that I can point to of those opposite acting against the interests of farmers, and this is just another example.

The member for Forde wanted to wax lyrical about the dog fence. Before the member for Grey served in this place, I worked with the former member for Grey to secure $29 million to re-establish the dog fence across northern South Australia, protecting much of the member for Grey's seat and, in turn, protecting mine, because my livestock producers want the front line in this fight to be a long way from where they are. That stands opposed to the Victorian Labor government's—this should take your breath away; as a livestock producer from South Australia, can I tell you, it does for me—reintroduction of dingoes in the Grampians. Those opposite want to say they're backing livestock producers. Well, there are 250,000 ways you can do that, shortly, as opposed to the $29 million we contributed to the wild dog fence. All of my colleagues know that the reintroduction of the dingo close to sheep enterprises is a very bad idea.

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