AS far as Remote Area Planning and Development Board chairman Rob Chandler is concerned, the time to talk about what form of wild dog exclusion fencing would be best for Queensland has passed.
Queensland LNP Senator Barry O'Sullivan this week called for parties proposing the cluster model and the bigger check fence model to "get in a room and not come out until a single regional plan has been resolved".
"This might mean a check fence here and a cluster fence there," he said.
While saying he wasn't a proponent of either argument, claiming to support any concept that would mitigate the effect of wild dogs and kangaroos on graziers, Mr O'Sullivan said it would be much harder to get federal or state support for the cluster model of fencing.
"Clusters would have to be supported on a national scale," he said.
"South Australia would want the foxes out of their hen houses, and Western Australia the roos out of their lettuces."
The senator said cluster fencing was seen as the more expensive solution with less benefit, but more achievable in the short term.
"The private use of funds for some won't get government support," he said.
"You can't get large sums for four or five taxpayers."
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had a similar message when she toured western Queensland last week, announcing that reaching consensus was important before moving forward.
"We know there's a variety of opinion as to the best ways to manage the impacts of wild dogs," she said.
Cr Chandler was adamant that consensus for the cluster model had already been demonstrated.
"The plan has the support of the LGAQ, RAPAD directors, the CW Pest Management Group, and five of the seven councils. If that doesn't represent consensus, I'll walk to Bourke and back."
As far as talking more with the check fence proponents goes, Cr Chandler said they had been invited to the table five times, and five times there had been no give.
"GABSI is a partnership with individual landholders. Desert Channels Queensland has partnerships for spraying pests and weeds on individual properties.
"This plan is solid and ticks every federal box for drought management, pest animal management, biosecurity and biodiversity. The time for talking is over - this is the plan and now we must all get behind it."
Cr Chandler said the state government had fast tracked $5 million to tackle problems caused by escalating numbers of wild dogs, but no specific measures have been announced - only a statement that the government was taking action to find the best way forward.
"I have asked my agriculture minister to continue speaking with farmers, councils and other stakeholders so that we can develop a consensus approach to this issue," Ms Palaszczuk said.