PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION CODE

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:05): My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. Can the minister advise the house why poultry is included on the Property Identification Code (PIC) registration application form, yet owners of properties with poultry and other bird species have been advised by Biosecurity SA staff that they are not required to register their properties?

The Hon. P.F. Conlon: And you're crying 'fowl' are you!

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr PEDERICK: Item 8 on page 2 of that application form states emphatically that all species must be completed for species to be kept. The species listed includes poultry, both commercial and recreational.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! We will have no more of the Minister for Transport's terrible jokes.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Northern Suburbs) (15:06): I thank the member for Hammond for this particular question and I am looking forward to the Liberal Party making a decision as to whether they are actually going to support the Property Identification Code.

Mr Pengilly: We're consulting with people.

The SPEAKER: Order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Finniss will be quiet.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: On the issue of consultation, I believe the member for Hammond is receiving a large number of emails from industry asking that the Liberal Party support the PIC. On the issue that the member for Hammond has raised, if that advice is being given by the department—and, as the member says, it is incorrect—I will ensure that it is rectified.