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

AFMA is an independent regulatory authority, so is not with us today because we are dealing with an environment bill. I will take your question on notice, but effectively you are asking if the commission makes an independent decision. Depending on which issue you are talking about—if you are talking about a particular event, perhaps you could outline that event, so I can take it on notice and obtain an answer for you. Broadly, the way it works is those two committees provide advice to the commission and then the commission acts independently and makes the decision.