Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Nationals for that question. As the member opposite knows, this was a risk-based assessment done by the department on scientific evidence, and the department officials have gone through the process. The report was popped up on the website last week, and, as the member would know, Australia benefits from a two-way trade system. Australian beef going to the US is very significant indeed, and what I would say to the member opposite is that he should not be undermining Australia's biosecurity system—

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