Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2024-11-26 Daily Xml

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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:16): Supplementary arising from the original answer: what day was the South Australian lab fully operational, and are SARDI personnel running double shifts to allow testing over a 24-hour period?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:17): My advice is that SARDI is running double shifts. In terms of the exact date, I will certainly take that on notice and come back to the chamber. It is worth remembering that there was the announcement of the opening of the lab and then a period where it was required to have validation, which means both tests here in South Australia and tests had to go to the interstate labs for that validation period. All of that was earlier this month. In terms of the specific date, I am happy to come back to the chamber.