Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, Mr Acting Deputy President. Perhaps we have just been lucky in Queensland. I bear the sharks no ill-will, but I again say that, if it is a question of human life or the life of a shark, I know what I will go for. The evidence is that, where there used to be fatalities along the Queensland coast and in more recent times along the New South Wales coast, since protective measures have been put in place, those fatalities have lessened considerably.

We don't hear from the Greens about that in Queensland. We don't hear too much from them about it in New South Wales but in Western Australia, as I say—a popular political thing; something you can attack—with an almost unassailable government in Colin Barnett's government, it gives the Greens and their Labor mates something to go ahead on. I think any measure that helps saves human lives is a measure that should be supported by this Senate.

Question agreed to.