Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, upon notice, on 14 January 2013:

(1) On how many occasions in the past 5 years have yellow crazy ants been intercepted at the Australian border.

(2) Does the department have an annual summary document detailing interceptions of exotic organisms, including numbers, species, locations and countries of transport origin; if so, can copies be provided for the past 3 years, from 2009 to 2012.

(3) Does AQIS have a list of exotic species that are regarded as high priority threats to the environment to target for interception; if so, can a copy be provided.

(4) Over the past 3 years, how many interceptions have there been of species regarded as high priority threats to the environment, including the name and number of each species.

(5) What particular, if any, surveillance operations does AQIS have in place for exotic species that are regarded as high priority threats to the environment.