Archive for October 2019

As previous speakers have mentioned, we lose far too many people on our roads. In Western Australia, with the enormous distances that we travel, we see a disproportionate number of people lose their lives on country roads. The road toll in Western Australia reflects that around 50 per cent of the people who die on…

Federal Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson has welcomed new laws that will protect farming families from activist invasions. The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) 2019 introduces new offences for using the internet to incite trespass, theft or property damage on agricultural land. “Militant animal activists have invaded farms across the country trespassing, threatening and harassing…