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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Shark Cage Diving

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:22): Supplementary question, Mr President: will the minister also publish the licences, and can he advise the chamber on what his view or the department's view is on the activity known as berleying or baiting?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:23): Off the top of my head I am not sure whether licences are released publicly. I will need to go back and check on that and get some advice from the department. I am also not sure whether I am, in fact the licensee, or whether the Minister for—

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink interjecting:

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I think it could be me. Anyway, I will find out that information and get back to the chamber about that. In terms of berleying, I understand the current regulatory approach is to have two licences using berley. The third licence applied specifically not to use berley, but to use acoustic attraction. So, as I understand it, that is the current make-up of the three licences: two have applied to PIRSA on a regular basis for exemption for the use of berley, and one does not because they use sound as an attractant. I think, as we have heard in this chamber previously, sometimes some famous tracks from AC/DC are utilised. I can't name what they would be.

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