Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Canavan again. I am very pleased to advise him and the Senate that Australia's health and energy sectors, along with other industries, will continue to benefit from the National Measurement Institute initiatives funded through this year's budget. Australia's peak measurement body is delivering biological, chemical, physical and legal measurements, and this expertise is available to businesses and organisations across Australia.

For industry, this helps them to improve the accuracy of the measurement of their goods and services, and helps with their participation in global markets. The institute's activities this year will support the government's commitment to putting science at the centre of industry by working with research institutes, hospitals and pathology labs to improve the comparability and accuracy of their diagnostic test results. NMI's molecular biologists will collaborate with Australian researchers to—

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