Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

In a desperate attempt to give her original question some credibility, the honourable senator now seeks to verbal me even further in her supplementary question. The reality is that there is no inconsistency. I invite the honourable senator to put aside her cheap political shots, put aside her partisanship, read the speech in full and then ask a simple question: is there a single person in Australia who questions that weeds are a clear and present threat to our biodiversity? The answer is: nobody does believe that weeds are not such a threat. As a result, at a weeds conference it was important to point that out and to get some traction on that very important issue within the community, and that— (Time expired)