Reports of roaming cattle flooding in from Kimberley
Tuesday, 9 June
There are almost daily reports of high cattle numbers on the Great Northern Highway between Broome and Derby, according to Greens member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC.
“I was contacted just yesterday afternoon and alerted to an incident involving a learner driver just 80 kilometres out of Broome on Roebuck Plains Station,” Mr Chapple said.
“Photographic evidence confirms the incident involved a collision with roaming cattle, and I would be very surprised if nobody in that car was injured.
“This same contact told me they had counted 148 cattle on the Highway between Broome and Derby that afternoon, including 76 on Roebuck Plains Station alone.
“I find it very hard to believe that Western Australia is, as the Transport Minister has said, ‘leading the nation’ in keeping cattle of roads given the frightening reports that I receive from constituents on a weekly basis.
“Main Roads and the Department need to urgently reassess their commitment to animal mitigation because at the moment, it simply is not working and is only a matter of time before more lives are lost.“
For comment please contact Robin Chapple on 0409 379 263 or 9486 8255.
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