Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I will try and speak more slowly and use shorter words to help Senator Carr get through this. The decision to upgrade this species, which has 50 breeding pairs left in the world, to critically endangered status was taken on the explicit advice of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee. Senator Carr’s attack on me is nothing other than an attack on these eminent Australians who serve the Commonwealth of Australia with distinction and advise us about unique Australian wildlife. I table the list of members of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.