article_snippet: Premier Daniel Andrew said the cull happened some years ago, not under the state government, and there should have been more transparency.
article_snippet: Wildlife Victoria chief executive Karen Masson couldn't understand why the cull was kept quiet. '
article_snippet: If the cull had good, sound expert advice and had adequately explored all other options then the cull should have been forthcoming with what the cull were doing and why,' Wildlife Victoria chief executive Karen Masson said in a statement.
article_snippet: The Australian government over my whole career has said there will never be a cull in Australia ever. '
article_snippet: The cull is said to have occurred in secret to avoid a backlash from activists and locals .