Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister and follows that extraordinary answer that we have just been given. Has the Prime Minister seen the exchange between a journalist and Mr Eddie Hatchman, a Queensland banana grower and a member of the industry’s biosecurity group, in connection with the importation of whole bananas from Vietnam?

Journalist: Do you feel betrayed by the Prime Minister?

Eddie Hatchman: Yes, because we haven’t been informed of any risk analysis. We haven’t been informed of anything whatsoever.

Why has the Prime Minister breached the trust of Queensland banana growers, who are still trying to rebuild their farms and their lives after Cyclone Larry?

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