Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

I will tell you who is confused. What is your position on border closures? We have had one position put by you, one position put by all sorts of different members. What is your actual position? Again, can I say very clearly, this is an issue the government takes very seriously. We are taking the advice of the chief vet. We are taking the advice of the agriculture department. We have been rolling out sanitation mats, and I don't care who wants to take credit for that but they are there and are being put in place now. We know that this is a serious, serious threat to Australia's biosecurity, and this government have put in place the most serious measures, the most comprehensive measures, of any government that we have ever seen.

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