Vic: Wild dogs must be keeping minister away: Oppn

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 16, 2002 | Copyright information

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Vic: Wild dogs must be keeping minister away: Oppn

MELBOURNE, Feb 16 AAP - Wild dogs must have kept Victorian Environment Minister Sheryl Garbutt away from an important summit on the nationwide problem, the state opposition said today.

"Wild dogs wouldn't keep me away from a problem that's costing farmers millions, so why is the minister not going," opposition environment spokesman Victor Perton said.

Australia's first National Wild Dog Summit, to be held in Wodonga next week, would be forming an Australia-wide strategy on the control of wild dogs, he ...

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