Coronavirus

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:42): A supplementary: so rather than prioritisation of states, is there any plan in place to ensure there is prioritisation of needs? If so, what is that plan?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:42): That wasn't the nature of the discussion this morning. The discussion this morning was to kick it off and make sure all the states were on the same page. We have a team of senior officials who will actually sit down and look at industry capability and make sure that we have adequate support and are not duplicating effort. Allocation of resources, when it comes to actual critical supplies, was not on the agenda, and I do not believe that will be the role of that group either.