Chris Hayes (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

No doubt you find the same thing as you move about as we do—that is, you visit many of the rural communities and what people want to talk to you about is certainly issues of quarantine and, more particularly, avian born viruses; bird flu to be specific. What provisions are being made in terms of firstly the modelling undertaken by the department in relation to bird flu; what is the potential impact it would have on our agriculture industries; and, based on that, what provisions and budget provisions are being made with AQIS to address issues at the quarantine levels associated with the bird flu?

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