Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

Silly Senator Brown keeps poking the air, putting holes in it, trying to defend the indefensible. What I am suggesting to Senator Siewert is that she should take it up with the state minister, Jon Ford. As minister for fisheries—albeit you did not ask me in that capacity—I will be meeting with the minister for fisheries in the state of Western Australia, Jon Ford, on 11 July. I am sure that Minister Campbell would be delighted if I were to take up that issue with him, because there is a fair chance that, with the rock lobster industry, it is a combined responsibility of both state and federal governments. I will see what I can do.