Sheep and Goat Electronic Identification

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): Supplementary: given that it is a national system, has the minister formally consulted or communicated with the federal agriculture minister on the use of ultra high frequency tags in the national mandated rollout of electronic identification of sheep and goats, given, as the minister has rightly pointed out, the significant advantages of high frequency tags?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:27): The federal NLIS database makes decisions about what is considered to be appropriate to be accredited. If I recall correctly, I think I did raise it at a national ag ministers meeting—it was part of the informal conversations around eID in general updates and status reports. I can't recall which meeting that was, but at this stage there has been no change to the national accreditation in regard to them.