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

That is why I avoided it in that sense, that I think it is a question of fact, not a question of confidence. I am not a scientist, clearly. I take advice. I take advice from DAFF. I take advice from AFMA. And where I do have a role then that would be factually based decision making, evidence based decision making, on the available information that is provided to me. I would always take advice from the department of agriculture and/or AFMA, depending on the relevant circumstance of the matter.