2016-05-09
Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has applauded the Government’s announcement today that it will allocate $1.54 million in the State budget to its ‘early warning system’ Shark Monitoring Network.
“I’m relieved the Barnett Government has not repeated the mistake it made in 2015 when it cut funding to this very valuable program,” Ms MacLaren said.
“The Greens have been saying all along that the SMN provides the best system we have for detecting real shark threats because only sharks big enough to bite a human are tagged and, when a tagged shark is detect, we immediately know the species and size.