Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2024-09-24 Daily Xml

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Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

The Hon. J.S. LEE (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:49): Supplementary: with the management plan for eradication, how has the government communicated to industry? What are the communication plans that the government has in terms of communication back into your action plan?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:49): There are a number of methods that occur. One of the things we did quite early on after the detection of this disease was to appoint an industry liaison person. I am not sure if that's the official title but that's the purpose of the role, and that has been Mr Jordan Brooke-Barnett from AUSVEG, who has been able to liaise between PIRSA and industry. Of course, the various people involved in the biosecurity section of PIRSA as well as others have been in close liaison on a national level.