ROCK LOBSTER FISHERY

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): As a supplementary question, can the minister advise us what formula will be used to calculate the value for compulsory acquisition, should it be needed?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:30): All of that information is available. It is all on the website. It has been out there with the industry, and it is a combination of past fishing effort and calculations that are made on that with the industry.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: The opposition are just too lazy to click on a website where there is a vast amount of detailed technical information that is online. It is publicly available; it has been there for a significant amount of time. The industry is well aware of this. We have been engaging with them and they have been assisting us in the design of that. That has been going on for a number of years.

I find it incredible that the opposition have only just woken up from their dozy state and are suddenly aware that there is a formula. They can click on it online. It is very detailed and highly technical and there is lots of information there. It is open and transparent. They are, as I said, just too lazy to keep themselves up to date, too lazy to avail themselves of that information that is available, and it is just tragic that they have only just woken up and got it that there is in fact a formula.