Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Canavan. In January, adult fruit flies were detected on Flinders Island and in north-west Tasmania. There are daily reports of additional fruit flies being detected. People are still arriving in Tasmania by sea and air without biosecurity checks. As the federal minister responsible for biosecurity, what advice has the minister sought about the consequences of the Tasmanian Liberal government cutting $1 million from Tasmania's biosecurity budget and people arriving from mainland Australia without biosecurity checks?