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

In fact, Senator Roberts, this bill does not provide for the retention of data at all. That being the case, the concern that you have does not even arise. It's not a matter of—sorry, I'll just clarify this. There's nothing in the bill that allows data to be retained for health purposes and so the issue of how long data could be retained for health purposes doesn't arise, because it can't be retained for that purpose at all.