Senate debates
Monday, 4 September 2006
Committees
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Reference
Consideration resumed from 17 August.
Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Pursuant to the order of the Senate of 10 August 2006, the Senate shall now proceed to a division on the motion moved by Senator O’Brien to refer a matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee.
Question put:
- That the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in March 2007:
The administration of quarantine by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and its ministers, with particular reference to:
- (a)
- the effectiveness of current administrative arrangements for managing quarantine, including whether the community is best served by maintaining the division between Biosecurity Australia and the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS);