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Does the Minister believe agricultural land users who create pollution problems for downstream communities should pay for those pollution costs, in the same way that he believes that, regarding wilding pines, “if you’ve got seed source blowing from your land to your neighbours, you are imposing a cost on them,” and that “exacerbators should also help fix the problem”?

Answered Question 36274 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Does the Minister believe agricultural land users who create pollution problems for downstream communities should pay for those pollution costs, in the same way that he believes that, regarding wilding pines, “if you’ve got seed source blowing from your land to your neighbours, you are imposing a cost on them,” and that “exacerbators should also help fix the problem”?

Answered by

Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture

Answer

I believe that parties should be responsible for impacts they have on the property rights of other landowners, especially where those impacts can be identified and quantified.