Senate debates

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

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Environmental Biosecurity Risk Management; Order for the Production of Documents

4:09 pm

Photo of Nick McKimNick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Whish-Wilson, I move:

That there be laid on the table, by the Minister for Agriculture, by no later than 5 pm on 6 April 2023, the following documents:

(a) the final report of the national environmental biosecurity stocktake of activities in 2016-17, referred to on page 17 of the Inspector General of Biosecurity's 2019 report, Environmental biosecurity risk management in Australia;

(b) the final reports of the national stocktakes of biosecurity investment for 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (referred to on page 107 of the 2017 intergovernmental agreement on biosecurity review final report. Prioritiesfor Australia's biosecurity system: An independent review of the capacity of the national biosecurity system and its underpinning intergovernmental agreement); and

(c) any other national stocktakes of biosecurity investment undertaken in relation to years after 2015-16 or any other national environmental biosecurity stocktake in relation to years after 2016-17.

Question agreed to.