QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 1108)
Senator Conroy: The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: (1)Yes. (2) The bait was incinerated. (3) Purchase of the incinerator was approximately $42,000, some of which will be re-couped when the incinerator is sold. (4) If the bait had been returned to Australia it is estimated the cost of its return and disposal would have been approximately $3 million. (5) As the bait was registered by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority only for use on Macquarie Island, it was not lawful to use it elsewhere in Australia.