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

I thank the member for Clark for that question. As the member for Clark would be aware, the APVMA is an independent body and is responsible for the decisions around the emergency listing and use of florfenicol in Tasmanian waters. He would also know that it's the Tasmanian government's responsibility to manage its waterways. The APVMA has made a call that it may remove the emergency listing, and it is basing that decision, as it based its original decision, on new available evidence and science. And I remind him that it's an independent statutory authority.

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