Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt at Senate Estimates today.
AGRICULTURAL commodity contributions to a proposed biosecurity protection levy have been cut by more than 30 percent under a new model announced by the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt today.
In his opening statement at a Senate Estimates hearing Mr Watt said the biosecurity protection levy will contribute just six percent of the total biosecurity funding model, or about $50 million.
He said his department has undertaken extensive consultation over the back half of last year…
