Great Wine Capitals Industry Forum

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:42): Supplementary: what supports is the Malinauskas government giving to our industry for wine authentication to guard against wine fraud on our wine regions?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:42): I thank the honourable member for her question. Certainly, that's an issue that has been raised not frequently with me, but it is certainly on the agenda because we know that the provenance of various products, including wine, is becoming more and more important, and having a competitive advantage based on label or region, or, indeed, our very, very robust biosecurity advantages—all of those contribute to our competitive advantage in terms of wine sales overseas.

I am happy to make further inquiries. I suspect that the Department for Trade has had some involvement in this issue, but I will certainly seek some further information and bring it back for the honourable member's information.