Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Legislation with changes that were recommended by both the New South Wales commission and the inspector-general's review will be introduced to parliament. Since the Ruby Princess incident, the government invested a further $400 million in biosecurity in the 2021-22 budget on top of record spending in 2020-21. This will see a funding boost for, among other matters, staff at the front line and helping to modernise some of those border systems. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment continues to work with states, territories and port stakeholders to further adjust systems and processes to better manage human health and biosecurity. They've established formal protocols— (Time expired)