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COVER STORY: Has Canberra gone bananas? Has Biosecurity Australia dropped its quarantine standards?

Patrick J. ByrneMar 13, 20045 min read

Less than two weeks after both the Queensland election and the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, the Federal Agriculture Department released three Biosecurity Australia reports recommending imports of New Zealand apples, Philippines bananas and foreign pork.The immediate question raised by agricultural groups is whether Biosecurity Australia and/or the Federal Government were pursuing measures to lower the quarantine bar…

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