Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It is a noble tradition, as Senator Bob Carr outlines. But can I say one of the important parts that is missed in this debate is that the Australian Fisheries Management Authority is an independent authority responsible for the sustainable management of Commonwealth fisheries. AFMA has continued to play that role very well. We know there is a view from the environment that it is a matter for Mr Burke to consider those questions, and these conditions which have now been added to the Abel Tasman to adopt world's best practice to avoid interactions with threatened endangered species— (Time expired)