House debates Questions without Notice

Biosecurity

Wednesday, 10 May 2023 House of Representatives

Ms Catherine King

Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

3:10 pm

In this budget we are investing more than $1 billion in new funding for biosecurity over four years from 1 July 2023. We know how important that is for our farmers. We also know that biosecurity is a shared responsibility. That $1 billion of new funding over four years will help with our biosecurity operations, our digital systems and Indigenous rangers. From 1 July that system is shared: it is shared by taxpayers, who are putting in the bulk of funding; it's shared by importers, who, in fact, are putting in 48 per cent of the $1 billion of funding; and—

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