Fruit Fly

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:37): My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries. What steps did the minister take to assure himself that parents of schoolchildren had been adequately advised of the changed arrangements before the beginning of the school term?

The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development) (14:38): I thank the member for his question. Firstly, I would like to dispute the question because actually there were no changed arrangements. The arrangements were exactly the same arrangements that have been in place for many, many years.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM: The message that was out there was very much, 'Please do not take fruit off your property.' That's the requirement when in an outbreak zone. That has not changed. We were asking people just to follow the rules that have always been in place.