EXCLUSIVE Gareth Parker State Political Editor The West Australian January 29, 2014, 12:14 pm<\/p>\n
The contract fisherman setting drum lines off three South West beaches for the Barnett Government is being paid $5705 a day. <\/p>\n
The cost of the contract with the fisherman who The West Australian has decided not to name after threats from protestors is $610,500 according to information posted on the Governments tender website this morning. <\/p>\n
His contract runs for 107 days from January 14 to April 30, meaning he is paid $5705 a day. <\/p>\n
His contract is with the Department of Premier and Cabinet to provide shark drum line deployment, management and associated services. <\/p>\n
The winning contractor was one of 18 tenderers to apply for the job. <\/p>\n
The contract price adds further weight to suggestions the Governments indicative $1 million-a-year figure for the drum line policy was much lower than the actual cost. <\/p>\n
The policy calls for drum lines to be set on five metropolitan beaches a job that will now be done by the Department of Fisheries as well as the three beaches monitored by the private contractor. <\/p>\n
Revelation of the cost comes after Premier Colin Barnett told ABC radio this morning he wasnt sure of the exact price of the contract, which he nonetheless described as lucrative. <\/p>\n
Opposition Leader Mark McGowan said: Whether you support the drum line policy or not and I dont this is clearly a shambles and an expensive shambles at that. <\/p>\n
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