Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Corella control

Ms SHEED: I was visiting Numurkah earlier this week to see the damage that the little corellas have been doing to the golf course, ovals and trees in the town. These birds are in plague proportions in a number of our towns, but they are protected and can only be shot when special licences are approved. Action does need to be taken to control them, and I call on the government to urgently release the corella strategy that was commenced almost two years ago. Failing to act on this issue does have serious consequences. There are financial losses being incurred. The local caravan park says that people are coming into their office at 8 o’clock in the morning and saying, ‘We’re not staying any longer because we can’t stand the noise’. The local golf club greens are being ripped up each morning, and people are cancelling their tours to that golf club. The environmental damage to trees in the area is really massive.