Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Another question I have is a matter I raised in my second reading contribution and in the committee stage. It concerns the impact of the government’s policy settings on quarantine protocols, practices and arrangements. Can the minister assure the Senate that the terms of reference for Mr Callinan’s inquiry will be wide enough to enable Mr Callinan, and indeed those who seek to put submissions before the inquiry, to canvass the minister’s role in any policy settings, practices or procedures relevant to the equine influenza outbreak and the protocol surrounding it?