Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition’s claim that no-one else is addressing the issue of research on the Hendra virus other than the CRC for biosecurity is wrong—plain wrong. The issue of the Hendra virus is being pursued by the CSIRO, which is the nation’s premier public research agency. CSIRO conducts most of the Hendra related research in Australia. It does so through the Australian Animal Health Laboratory, which has also attracted competitive grants from other research agencies, including the United States National Institute of Health. This is a facility which is first class and has the highest possible security rating, along with top-level research on high-level infectious disease. The management of emerging infectious diseases such as the Hendra virus is a long-term— (Time expired)