Senate debates

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Questions without Notice

Tasmania: Biosecurity

2:21 pm

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

A point of order, Mr President. My question was: what advice has the minister sought about the consequences? I know the stuff he is talking about. I've heard from the Tasmanian government about their package. I've heard about the fruit fly traps. My question was: what advice has the minister sought about the consequences of the Tasmanian Liberal government cutting $1 million from Tasmania's biosecurity budget and people still arriving in the ports in Tasmania from mainland Australia without biosecurity checks? What's the advice that the minister has received in relation to those issues?

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