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Taking a leaf from the controversial WA government playbook, the NSW Department of Consumptive Affairs is about to initiate another shark culling operation. Unlike WA, the NSW shark cull has widespread multiparty support.
The NSW scheme, like WA aims at lowering the risk of serious lacerations to the state’s punters by instigating a long line baited hook approach. But unlike WA, no marine creatures will be harmed in the cull, the spokesperson alleged.
The Pig’s Arms government reporter, Tua Manne, spoke briefly (he was wearing briefs) with the Departmental spokesperson who outlined the approach.
Apparently the prey who are normally regarded as the predators are energy mining magnates and the bait will be auctioned CSG fracking permits. The Department anticipates that a flurry of ex-Labor apparatchiks, developers, lobbyists, union officials and massively overweight owners of race horses and professional sporting teams, will be attracted to the bait.
In a clever piece of COAG collaboration, the baits will be trawled from the sterns of inflatable unsinkable rescue craft heading across apparently dangerous marine shark infested waters in the Timor Sea. The Department is intending to cast off the lines in the general vicinity of the Indo-international maritime border – and who can tell what might happen after that.
Conservationists are concerned that undiscerning marine sharks could unwittingly sample the school of reptiles and white shoe sharks and risk toxic scum poisoning. And not surprisingly, schools of accountant and legal suckerfish are gathering in keen anticipation of a feeding frenzy.
Venise Alstergren said:
The real sharks are the two legged bastards on land.
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algernon1 said:
I think Sniffer Buswell ( he likes a good chair) is trying to play up to his local community here. He represents Bussleton and surrounds with a few of the shark attacks happening between Yallingup and Margaret River. These beaches by and large aren’t patrolled. Sure the odd shark attack or sighting happens on Perth beaches but they’ll be no more than you’d find on a Sydney Beach or the Gold Coast.
I think it better that Sniffer be sent out there with all the other chair sniffing sharks and leave the real sharks alone.
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Therese Trouserzoff said:
I remember the sniffer incident. How forgiving are WA electors ! Another seat sniffer re-elected. Cripes !
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algernon1 said:
Its a safe seat, He was the ma-in law’s local member in the years she lived a Bussleton, She couldn’t stand him (and she was a Liberal voter nearly all her life) and the shenanigans were well known. He had an affair with the Greens member for Fremantle (oddly the ma-in-laws father was Mayor there many years ago).. I think in WA everyone seems to know someone especially in the South West.
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sandshoe said:
I wondered at the Youtube statistic that the vid has only had 55 views since August last year. That seems such low exposure. It is an interesting enough presentation…
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vivienne29 said:
Good piece.
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Carisbrooke said:
There’s a saying on The Gold Coast: the sharks here are all on the land.
I am having trouble with the mouse (bait and shoot it) on this laptop, so can’t write long posts, however would like to express my abhorrence at ANY culling of sharks.
Man is fucking this great planet, in terms of living creatures. The mountains and valleys don’t care.
Clive Forefinger, is a whale BTW….So keep him safe.
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Hung One On said:
I agree JL, leave the creature alone. Their territory so be it. I love the emotive language that follows a shark attack as “killer”. No, a hungry beast in it’s own environment stumbles across a meal.
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sandshoe said:
Awesome. Totally opposed to what is happening that a government goes to war on sharks. 😦
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Big M said:
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Hung One On said:
Spot on Sis
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Hung One On said:
🙂
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