Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. When you are taking it up, could you please inform us—if you do not know already—as to any estimates of the numbers of humpback whales and turtles killed in these entanglements. Given that the Minister for the Environment and Heritage exempted the western rock lobster fishery from export controls under part 13 of the EPBC Act, what action will the government be taking to prevent these incidents?