Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Urquhart for her question. Not being the minister directly responsible, I have not myself sought advice, but I do have some information here for you, Senator. We are working in close collaboration with our state governments, who are managing detections and outbreaks of fruit fly. On-the-ground management of native pests is a responsibility for state governments and landholders.

You mentioned Tasmania, Senator Urquhart, and the information I have here is that it is providing a $2 million support package for growers, distributors and retailers of fruit. Tasmania and other states with fruit-fly-free areas have a long and successful history of maintaining freedom from fruit flies. They have well-established monitoring systems to allow early detection, significant public awareness campaigns to facilitate the reporting of fruit flies and well-developed response plans to eradicate fruit flies quickly. State governments managing outbreaks have implemented measures to control the movement of fruit fly host produce from affected areas and are working—