Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - part 2 of 2, 3 November 2026)
3 November 2026
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Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs Parliament of Western Australia
Follow its sittings00:02 - 00:23
Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia
Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia 
The majority of the questions I'm going to ask are in relation to the Recfish submission. Now just a quick follow up from one of the questions earlier in relation to the CFAS and the 20 million dollars. So, with six million paid out from the 13, 13 still in negotiation and obviously there's 27 in the class action that you mentioned, what's the thoughts around that 20 million being enough?
00:23 - 01:22
Speaker 5
As I said, that was made as a, as part of the budget process where 20 million was set aside. As I said earlier, this was the first time we've actually engaged and commenced a compulsory fisheries adjustment scheme. While we had some vision and some understanding of the value of entitlements, the element of loss and the capacity for fishers to actually talk to and justify loss was a new element that we have not tested and that's been worked through in that negotiation phase. So, from our perspective, it's very difficult to put a value on that quantum of compensation being paid out holistically across the scheme until we've completed those negotiations, recognising individual circumstances. There may well be a circumstance at the end of those negotiations or set process where the quantum of compensation exceeds 20 million dollars, which will be a matter for government to then look at how it actually funds it.
01:22 - 01:46
Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia
Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia Thank you. So, on to the Recfish questions. So, Recfish is of the view that a clear WA fishing policy would provide clear management direction to DPIRD and inform government agencies and development proponents as to how their activities must interact with and mitigate impacts on state fisheries. Is DPIRD in the process of working on a clear WA state fishing policy?
01:46 - 01:47
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