Those impacted by the Bymount tick outbreak have met with assistant minister for Primary Industries, Sean Dillon.
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00:00This type of outbreak has the chance to fracture a community, so it was all about getting the
00:12right messaging out, supporting those that have been affected and I suppose giving feedback
00:18to the department and government around what could be done better.
00:22Why did you come along today?
00:23I think it's important that we see this to the end, you know, it's like starting to paint
00:30a house, if you don't complete it, it never looks finished.
00:32We have a neighbour that's impacted, so we were on notification that we had to scratch
00:36and present, so we've done that and we were clean.
00:40The community here would like to improve communication a little bit, especially for the producers
00:45who are immediately impacted, but also for some that are a little bit removed, so I've
00:49got some very clear examples and initiatives that they would like to see perhaps tried
00:54and I'm looking forward to getting on the phone to the Minister and the DG very quickly
00:58to relay that information.
01:00I'm not blasé about and know full well the cost to industry that cattle ticks pose in
01:05terms of welfare and market access.
01:08No one wants cattle ticks, even those that live in the infected zone and I'm very passionate
01:12about maintaining the integrity of the line and assisting producers that have breakouts
01:16or fall-overs like we're seeing here at Bymount.