Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I wish they would take Australia’s biosecurity more seriously. I am well aware of the deeply held concerns of members of the National Party in particular. Members of the Liberal Party opposite me should not be laughing at the seriousness of this threat to Australia’s biosecurity.

There is a science based process underway. I am informed that Drosophila suzukii was not considered in the IRA for apples from China. The reason it was not was that the current information indicates that this pest does not attack fresh apples. That is the latest information. So apples are safe. (Time expired)