SHOOTERS, Fishers and Farmers Party MPs have confirmed they will be searching for candidates in all Sydney and regional Liberal Party seats, including the Premier’s own seat of Willoughby, in the next state election unless proposed marine parks are abandoned.
Last week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the creation of 25 new marine parks across Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong, effectively locking out recreational and sustainable fishing along the New South Wales coastline.
The Premier was joined by Liberal Ministers, as well as National Party Minister Niall Blair, as they cheerfully announced they were planning to lock out up to 900,000 law-abiding fishers along the New South Wales coastline.
Upper House Members Robert Brown and Robert Borsak, and Member for Orange Philip Donato, all strongly condemned the proposal by the Liberal and National Parties and vowed to introduce a bill to stop the creation of marine parks and no-go zones, similar to the one the party passed in 2011: the Marine Parks Amendment (Moratorium) Bill 2011.
“The green politics within the Liberal Party and the National Party never ceases to amaze me. They will not be happy until all forms of recreational fishing are banned so they can appease their inner city Green voters,” said Robert Borsak, MLC.
“This political decision is designed to help inner city and coastal Liberal party members retain their seats by courting green voters at the next election.”