Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt, left, inspects some contaminated machinery with assistant director of the DAFF biosecurity program Alan Self.
MINISTER for Agriculture Murray Watt has flagged higher fees and charges for importers as part of a sustainable biosecurity funding model.
During a port inspection of contaminated machinery at Lytton near the Port of Brisbane today, Mr Watt said biosecurity risk creators and beneficiaries have to “all pay our way.”
Mr Watt would not comment on how farmers would be impacted under a new biosecurity funding model.
He said stakeholders would…
