Raff Ciccone (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, thank you very much for that answer. As we know, sadly this government has had to fund the department. Otherwise, it would have been defunded. But could you please explain to the Senate why it is important that all beneficiaries of a strong biosecurity system need to contribute to funding the certainty for that system in order to make sure that our farmers have certainty in the long term?