I hope I got the following summary of the interview on Qld ABC local radio
correct.
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The
Executive Director Of Qld Parks and Wildlife Service (Ian McPhail) and
Nth
Qld convenor for Birds Aust (John Nott) were interviewed for
10-15
minutes
Only 12 of the 42 birds have so far been
collected.
The permit did set out that collected birds were spread out over a
big area
i.e. no one area was to be targeted etc.
Previously
collecting permits for Research were processed as a routine
procedure by
QP&WS.
QP&WS will now be setting up some sort of Ethics Committee
(as CSIRO and Qld
Museum have) and also specifying how birds may be collected
(killed)
All permits will have to be approved by a senior (Head office
?)
person...not the Minister.
They will probably involve Birds
Australia and others from now on.
The discussion of course jumped around
a bit and 1/2 way thru one answer
they often diverted onto another
question.
Regards, Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW Qld. Australia
ps I
subscribe to the Qld Environment Minister's media statements, so I
expect
something to be issued soon.
All Gov't statements are available
http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/