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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:07): Supplementary: of those 31 growers sampled, how many of those growers are currently still waiting for test results, and, of that, how many have been waiting more than 10 days, and how many have been waiting more than three weeks?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:07): I am happy to provide additional information on notice. I would point out, though, that there is a situation where—I have to try to remember the dates in the information that I have here. There was one property where the first sample was taken on 28 August as they were a trace property to one of the infected properties, a number of those tests were inconclusive and required retesting, and then clearance was provided on 15 October.

On 31 October, further tests were taken to allow for interstate market access—so the two different purposes of tests. These samples were sent to New South Wales as the Adelaide lab, SARDI, at that time was not up and fully operational. I am advised that PIRSA is currently awaiting those results. There have been multiple follow-ups with the New South Wales lab, but unfortunately I don't have any further update on the status of those tests.

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