Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Campbell, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. I refer the minister to his decision to block the establishment of a crocodile safari hunting industry in the Northern Territory and the refusal to allow export licences. Is the minister aware of the reaction to his decision by his colleague the member for Solomon, who said the minister was ‘acting like some sort of itinerant drunk full of Dutch courage’? Is the minister aware of another description attributed to a Liberal Party insider, who described the minister as ‘almost barmy’? They said:

I’m expecting we’ll soon have to send in the rescue team to bring him back to civilisation.

Could the minister indicate whether he has been invited on a crocodile tour with Mr Tollner and, given that Mr Tollner said the minister’s decision was completely wrong, can he indicate whether he has any plans to review this decision?