Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 19 September 2012:

(1) Have appropriate biological control agents been identified and cultured to address the introduced scale insect at the root of the yellow crazy ant problem on Christmas Island.

(2) What processes are in place to approve the release of the biological control agents.

(3) What statutes or regulations will be required to approve the release of the biological control agents.

(4) How long will this approval process take.