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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:29): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Primary Industries on the topic of the tomato brown rugose virus.

Leave granted.

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: According to a federal government website, there is a $5 million response plan for tomato brown rugose virus, which is to cover all aspects of the response. The plan, as the minister has pointed out, was endorsed through the national emergency plant pest response arrangements, and costs are shared by the Australian and state governments and affected industry parties. It is the national management group who decides, based on advice from the CCEPP, whether to pursue eradication and transition to management, based on the technical advice, feasibility, cost-benefit analysis, and stakeholder input.

Given the minister's previous answer in regard to the next meeting of the national management group, and given that the state ministers are briefed and ultimately responsible for endorsing the national response direction, has the minister sought a meeting with her interstate ministerial counterparts to discuss the ongoing national response to the tomato brown rugose virus?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:30): I thank the honourable member for her question. What I outlined in my previous answer is that there is still information that needs to come in to the CCEPP before a recommendation can be made. It would therefore be premature for any state ministers to be meeting about what a decision should or should not be until that information is available.

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