❓ Hon Rob Horstman asks about the deployment frequency of the large air tanker based at Busselton Margaret River Airport. Hon Matthew Swinbourn provides a detailed schedule of deployments.

Busselton Margaret River Airport—Air tanker43.Hon Rob Horstmanto theminister representing the Minister for Emergency Services:I refer to the large air tanker based at the Busselton Margaret River Airport and on contract from Coulson Aviation.(1) How many times has the large air tanker been deployed to assist fighting fires since it arrived in late 2025?(2) Will the minister provide a schedule of deployments to date?

Hon Matthew Swinbourn replied:I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Emergency Services. The department advises the following.(1) Nine.(2) This part of the question is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have that incorporated intoHansard.Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.Coulson Aviation Large Air Tanker C130 DeploymentsNumberDateIncident111 December 2025Upper Swan214 to 15 December 2025Warradarge316 December 2025Mindarabin425 December 2025Boddington526 to 27 December 2025Fitzgerald National Park630 December 2025Warnbro717 to 22 January 2026Telegraph818 January 2026Dunn Rock918 to 23 January 2026South Coast ComplexThe national LAT has been deployed in Western Australia an additional seven times. In total, the national and Western Australian LATs have been deployed 16 times in response to fires across the state. Busselton Margaret River Airport—Air tanker