It hit my inbox at 3.20pm AEST and I finished my first read just before posting here. Re-reading more slowly now. No real surprises so far - they tend to come after the public consultation period if they are going to come at all.
Im curious to read it. But it will probably have to wait a few weeks until I have time. Im wondering if any zoochaters will comment on it. The public inquiry, most people wouldn't even know its there.
There is quite a long list of stakeholders who receive all of these documents that are put out for public comment - some Zoochatters are on that list. So are a significant number of activists. Surprisingly, I received a call from ABC Radio Queensland this morning about the review and ended up doing an interview with them about it. Hadn't realised that they were a stakeholder!
I love that ABC radio is a stakeholder. Its very left of field, however probably good to build up some momentum.
ABC rural and regional radio in many areas is quite balanced. They wouldn't have an audience if they followed the lead of some of their more urban stations!
ABC is probably our closest thing to balanced media, realistically. I was more using left of field, as when one thinks of stake holders for a hippo import. ABC radio doesn't pop into the top ten people/types of people I would think of . If anything id be less surprised if landline was a stakeholder.
Hippopotamus IRA Progress I came across this process map of publishing an IRA from start to finish (specifically with regards to Hippopotamus). I thought it’d be of interest to anyone wanting a brief overview of the process or wanting to see what stage we’re at. As you can see, there’s a long way to go, but exciting progress nonetheless. Source: Importation of zoo hippopotamuses and their semen from approved countries to Australia - DAFF
