Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

The Commonwealth regime has only been operating, as I have been advised, from 14 March of this year, and no such operator has come to our attention. We hope and pray that no such operator will ever come to our attention. We believe that with these amendments it is going to be even less likely that such an operator will come to our attention.