Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Rhiannon, for your first supplementary question. The investigation that is underway will include a review and assessment of documents on file, including any independent audits of the three abattoirs, and will seek information from exporters through the supply chain assurance program. In addition to that, the Australian and Indonesian governments are cooperating closely to ensure that the investigation process is followed according to the mutual understanding between the two governments. My department has also provided footage to the Indonesian government, but let's be clear: this footage does provide the basis of the government's decision to impose an exporter supply chain assurance scheme. What it does is ensure that, where there are breaches of animal welfare, individual supply chains by individual exporters can be examined and held accountable for their actions, because the independent supply chain system ensures animal welfare— (Time expired)