❓ The WA Government is actively reviewing import risk analyses for bananas, apples, and pork, focusing on WA's unique pest status and advocating for strong biosecurity measures to protect local farmers and industries.
AnsweredQoN 1984Legislative Council
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(1) What exactly is the Western Australian Government doing to ensure that WA farmers are protected from the proposed changes to the Australian quarantine laws to allow produce from disease affected countries entering Australia?
(2) In particular, I ask about -
(a) bananas;
(b) apples; and
(c) pork?
(2) In particular, I ask about -
(a) bananas;
(b) apples; and
(c) pork?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 June 2004
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
29 days
(b) apples; and (c) pork?
(c) pork?
Having said that, the Government fully supports the right of any industry to pursue with the Australian Government its own view of the level of risk management that needs to apply to any import or proposed import into Australia. The Department of Agriculture of Western Australia has a team of scientists and policy officers critically reviewing the apple and banana draft Import Risk Analysis (IRA) documents, focusing on Western Australia’s regional differences in pest status and risk. On 17 March 2003 Biosecurity Australia informed stakeholders of a transcription error in the electronic spreadsheet used in the estimation of risk for the banana revised draft IRA. Once the addendum is released, stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture will have a further 60 days to provide comments. The Department will submit its comments by 23 June on the draft IRA for New Zealand apples. If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
The Department of Agriculture of Western Australia has a team of scientists and policy officers critically reviewing the apple and banana draft Import Risk Analysis (IRA) documents, focusing on Western Australia’s regional differences in pest status and risk. On 17 March 2003 Biosecurity Australia informed stakeholders of a transcription error in the electronic spreadsheet used in the estimation of risk for the banana revised draft IRA. Once the addendum is released, stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture will have a further 60 days to provide comments. The Department will submit its comments by 23 June on the draft IRA for New Zealand apples. If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
(c) pork?
Having said that, the Government fully supports the right of any industry to pursue with the Australian Government its own view of the level of risk management that needs to apply to any import or proposed import into Australia. The Department of Agriculture of Western Australia has a team of scientists and policy officers critically reviewing the apple and banana draft Import Risk Analysis (IRA) documents, focusing on Western Australia’s regional differences in pest status and risk. On 17 March 2003 Biosecurity Australia informed stakeholders of a transcription error in the electronic spreadsheet used in the estimation of risk for the banana revised draft IRA. Once the addendum is released, stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture will have a further 60 days to provide comments. The Department will submit its comments by 23 June on the draft IRA for New Zealand apples. If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
The Department of Agriculture of Western Australia has a team of scientists and policy officers critically reviewing the apple and banana draft Import Risk Analysis (IRA) documents, focusing on Western Australia’s regional differences in pest status and risk. On 17 March 2003 Biosecurity Australia informed stakeholders of a transcription error in the electronic spreadsheet used in the estimation of risk for the banana revised draft IRA. Once the addendum is released, stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture will have a further 60 days to provide comments. The Department will submit its comments by 23 June on the draft IRA for New Zealand apples. If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
If the biosecurity risks are not adequately addressed by protocols resulting from the IRAs, the Government will vigorously pursue all legally and scientifically sound means available to ensure that biosecurity risks to Western Australia are adequately addressed. I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
I have written to the Federal Minister for Agriculture expressing my concerns about the pork IRA, seeking an assurance that the biosecurity of Australia’s pig industry will not be compromised by allowing pig meat to be imported. The IRA was subject to an independent appeal process and the Appeals Panel dismissed all appeals. Minister Truss has advised me that as a result of the recent pork IRA, tighter import conditions than currently apply, will be applied to pig meat. This should ensure that the biosecurity issues of concern to Western Australian pig producers will be addressed. I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
I assure the State's agricultural industries that the Government will not let the State’s excellent biosecurity status be compromised, and will make every effort to ensure application of scientifically sound biosecurity risk management measures, consistent with Australia's obligations under the SPS Agreement.
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