Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am seeking a bit of further clarification. I may be misunderstanding the bill or reading something into it. Firstly, Senator Minchin—through you, Chair—I am presuming that, in response to my question about how we guarantee an individual is in fact only exporting his or her own wheat, you are not proposing any checking mechanism, which I have some concerns about. My second question was about amendments (4) to (6). As I understand it—and I can totally understand why this is—you have individual wheat growers who are exporting who are exempt from the accreditation process. I would have thought that they were then automatically exempt from compliance with the accreditation process. That is why I am questioning those particular amendments. I am presuming that the other amendments in there dealing with bags or containers are because wheat exporters who are exporting bulk wheat may also export in bags and containers, and therefore this bill is saying, ‘You don’t have to report against those but you have to report the rest.’ Maybe I am confused. I am asking why we are putting the individuals in there when quite plainly if this amendment goes through they will be exempt from the requirements of accreditation.