Senate debates

Thursday, 15 February 2018

Questions without Notice

Tasmania: Biosecurity

2:39 pm

Photo of Anne UrquhartAnne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Recent research indicates flies have survived winter in Mildura and could therefore survive Tasmania's winter. Was the ranking of fruit fly as a low priority based on the assumption that flies could not survive Tasmania's winter? If so, what action has the Turnbull government taken to reduce the risks flowing from the Tasmanian Liberal government's error?

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