Green MLC Lynn MacLaren says one of Premier Barnett’s key arguments for a shark cull – that a similar policy is popular in Queensland – has been undermined by comments today by an MP from his own side of politics.
“Andrew Laming, Liberal-National Member for Bowman in Queensland, told the ABC today that he is an ocean swimmer who has been watching shark culling in his electorate for a very long time and has felt ‘deeply uncomfortable with it’,” Ms MacLaren commented.
“Further, Dr Laming said that anti-shark cull sentiment is ‘very strong’ in his electorate and that in relation to hazards posed by sharks, he feels that ‘actions need to be based on evidence’. Read more »