Mr. Paul Geraghty:

I thank Senator Daly for his question about livestock worrying. We are very aware of the issue. We hear quite a bit about it. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is particularly concerned about it. Under the Control of Dogs Act there are specific requirements about keeping dogs under effectual control. There were 253 incidences of livestock worrying reported in 2019 and 241 in 2020. We know that a lot of instances go unreported and are sorted out locally and so on, but we are considering increasing the fine for the offence of livestock worrying. We are getting legal advice on that.

I will pass the Senator on to Ms Gavaghan for responses to the other questions.