Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Given the government’s decision last year to give the green light to Chinese apple imports—making it the first time since 1921 that apples can be imported into Australia—and given the serious concerns that Chinese apples may carry the suzukii fruit fly, can the government explain why only five per cent of Chinese apples are being sampled by quarantine authorities for testing, particularly given that countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Thailand have already had to increase their testing of Chinese produce after discovering high levels of chemicals?