Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to his interview on 7.30 on 16 June, in which, in responding to a question on the standards that would need to be met in order to resume the trade, he said:

What I'd be keen to see is the OIE standard, that is the international standard and encourage stunning.

Since the government is aware of the abattoirs that currently comply with OIE standards, why was the trade to these abattoirs stopped? Will the government immediately resume trade with those abattoirs that comply with the standard?