Vessel Monitoring Systems

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:35): Supplementary: will the minister rule out increases in costs for fishers for ongoing maintenance and repairs of the VMS devices?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:35): Business costs are the responsibility of businesses. Of course, we have had a significant amount of fee relief for various fisheries within South Australia. I guess I would ask the honourable member: is she opposed to appropriate real-time compliance and monitoring?

The Hon. N.J. Centofanti: They already comply, Clare.

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: The Leader of the Opposition is obviously unaware that there is no real-time information currently able to be reported. If that's not something that she supports, it would be interesting to understand her reasons.